Government succeeds by failing.

Kindness is no common virtue. It is a rare gift.

Insect life was so loud that when you parked the car and got out it sounded as if you had suddenly tuned into a radio frequency from another planet.

Sports is all about money.

People's need to protect their own egos know no bounds. They will lie, cheat, steal, even kill, to do whatever it takes to maintain what we call ego boundries.

Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead.

I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you are if you happen to be a white person. Because he has trampled on people's civil rights.

I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.

I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.

I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent.

It's so exciting to be doing radio on the cutting edge of technology. Being in on something new is the biggest thrill in the world.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Hewas beautiful. I know, it’s not the manliest way to describe a guy, but inmy head, it was the adjective I used most often and it fit him to a tee.

TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.

Easy reading requires hard writing.

Ugliness corrupts not only the eyes, but also the heart and mind.

Catastrophe, riots, factories blowing up, armies in flight, flood - the ear can detect a whole apocalypse in the starry night of the human body.

I'm the competitor, I'm the one who has to wear the brunt of that being a good or bad score. And I'm not too worried about it. I don't know why so many are to be honest with you.

The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated.

I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.

Don't sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.