Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

The sky won’t shed tears if stars refuse to shine

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

I hate the iPhone. I love the BlackBerry - BlackBerry wins in my opinion. The iPhone is a toy.

So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.

I show up knowing exactly who I was and never leave as myself.

He's (his father Jorge Posada IV) happy for me. He remembers all of my big games. When I hit my first home run in the World Series, he was here, and he cried. It's like I'm living his dream.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

One of our brainchildren is a still viable Science and Society course.

Like Scarlett O'Hara, I won't be broke again.