Half Europe thought... that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.

A great man is one who seizes the vital issue in a complex question, what we might call the jugular vein of the whole organism, and spends his energies upon that

Most of us would be far enough from vanity if we heard all the things that are said about us.

A great man is one who seizes the vital issue in a complex question what we might call the jugular vein of the whole organism and spends his energies upon that.

The majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith.

Whoever pray, shall have a pure thought.

When she turned to see me smiling. It was an awkward smile, but you only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expected it to be.

Pies were invented 12,000 years ago by the Egyptians. It was an easy way to preserve food that would be carried over long distances. They were like ancient Slim Jims.

Color is a language. It is the language of painting. How painting expresses itself is in large part with color.

If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.

call it chicken salad

We long for simplicity and ordinariness.