Christ asked for everything he got.

... life is short and the world is wide

Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.

...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.

I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do.

Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.

Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.

Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.

It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageous

But this was no ordinary chicken. This chicken was evil manifest.

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.

The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.

Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.

One day we will see our animals again in eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all God’s creatures.

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.

Heard you told him that you'd love him 'til the end of time. Now that's the same thing that you told me.