A difference is a difference only if it makes a difference.

Don't be a novelist --- be a statistician. Much more scope for the imagination.

A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's 'big lie'; it misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you.

It is dangerous to mention any subject having high emotional content without hastily saying where you are for or agin it.

Proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days, but left to itself, a cold will hang on for a week.

I’m not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it.

Let the sounds of nature amplify your vibrations of peace.

He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over.

Today was very full, but the problem isn't today. It's tomorrow. I'd be able to recover from today if it weren't for tomorrow. There should be extra days, buffer days, between real days.

Choose to love. Every time you choose to love instead of withdrawing in hurt you build a bridge instead of building a wall.

Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

As long as I can stay creative and used my mind, it can be 20 hours a day. I sleep four hours, so I've got 20 hours.

I have often thought that the aim of port is to give you a good and durable hangover, so that during the next day you should be reminded of the splendid occasion the night before.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

It is better to be honourable than be honoured.