But in Ward 9 the air had a real quality, it clamped itself over your face like a pad of cotton wool, soaked through with the sweet chloroform of utter sadness. - Ward 9

There are certain questions that scientists may not ask, or, more accurately, for some questions, there are certain answers that scientists must a priori preclude from consideration.

With languages, you are at home anywhere.

Everybody can have one great year. I've got to prove I can do it again.

Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions.

I had a really good time on the show [Sisterhood of Hip Hop]. Most of all, what I've learned is I need to share what it is that I know.

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

If your personality is negative, it means that you do not have the confidence in God and in yourself that is your birthright.

As long as there's this welfare state of ours we're not going to have any good fighters