Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away your sense of control over your time.

The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.

Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed.

I'm excited about Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. It's the feast of a thousand senses, so just eat, eat, eat, eat.

Every good piece of art... involves first essentially the evidence of human skill, and the formation of an actually beautiful thing by it.

God being infinite beauty, the soul united to Christ draws upon himself the admiring and tender gaze of the Angels, who, were they capable of any passion, would be filled with envy at his lot.

Well you are a piece of work aren't you?

If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.