Father was the most unreconciled taxpayer I ever knew.

A house with no fireplace is a house without a heart.

Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too.

the tentacles of today reach out like an octopus to swallow yesterday.

We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. Time to be.

The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite.

the real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance ... Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb; time is a meadow, and we move over it with level steps.

Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moonrise.

nothing decorates a home like books. There they are, waiting to decorate the mind, too!

Dog lovers are a good breed themselves.

Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.

Polarity exists so that we may discover the truth beyond this world of duality, which is the ultimate purpose of life.

In the difficult moments believe in yourself.Believe that you are whole, perfect, powerful, and blessed.

When one bases his life on principle 99 percent of his decisions are already made.

I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about.

Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity.

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.

The egg cream is psychologically the opposite of circumcision--it pleasurably reaffirms your Jewishness.

Detroit was really fun, FYI, in case anybody wants to go to Detroit. I love it. I did.

To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.