A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

Nothing can be changed in the system when the system itself is revolting against those who opposed violence.

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.

I have got an iPad, what a joy! Van Gogh would have loved it, and he could have written his letters on it as well.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.

It so often happens that somebody says 'change your life' and you repaint your car rather than re-wire the engine.

The only people who think children are carefree are the ones who've forgotten their own childhood.

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.

I love New Orleans I love the way it looks. I love the way it feels.

Brother, the Great Spirit has made us all. . . . .

The more they uncover the more mystery appears to be there.