A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

[V]irtue is not news, and virtuous men, like happy nations, have no history.

Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism.

The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities.

And for you kids watching at home, remember, the less homework you do and the closer you sit to the TV, the more points you get.

What worthwhile book after the Pentateuch has been written by a committee?

I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

I've reached the age where anyone who lets me talk seems like an old By listening to my memories, you have become part of them.

When we are adding to those around us, the world, ourselves, it feels good and right on levels we cannot even consciously connect with.

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how it could possibly be about anybody else, including the one I knew it was supposed to be about, and good luck to him, too.