All I asked was, where do I sign? Some of the other navy men said I was rooting for the war to last forever. (after Browns gave him a monthly stipend during the war)

Do not throw in the towel; use it for wiping the sweat off your face.

I could throw a pass to a spot as well as anyone who ever lived - But that's a God-given talent. I could never stand back and flick the ball 60 yards downfield with my wrists like Dan Marino does.

Ask yourself is it right or wrong and act accordingly.

When Paul Brown talked contract, the championship game was part of it. We took the championship game for granted.

She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're asked.

Maybe all of us at Hailsam had little secrets like that -- little private nooks created out of thin air where we could go off alone without fears and longing.

Oh yeah, I'm still employed at Pixar and I love it here.

We'll grow old waiting.

Compassion is the litmus test and culminating touchstone of a spirituality of Earth.

..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself

I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.

More Christians died for their faith at the hands of fellow Christians than had died before in all the persecutions.

Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.