CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

A great woman has three identities: a lovely daughter, a passionate lover, and a kind mother.

He craved silences and solitude. He simply could not get lost in another person’s life.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

If you don't have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life?

As soon as I found out how compartmentalized the industry was, I realized, Well, no wonder the cartoons are so bad.

The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.

Everybody dies, but great souls ressurects in our memories.

That's why basketball was so good, because I didn't really need you or anyone else to play it. It would be better if we played four-on-four or five-on-five, but I could go out there alone.

I'm still talking about some heavy issues, but it feels a lot happier to me.

When I got my statement in January, I was worth $2.2 billion. Then I got another statement in August that said I was worth $3.2 billion. So I figure it's only nine months' earnings, who cares?