Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

It is only when you understand that God is in everyone that you can appreciate and treat them differently

When the Earth basks in the Sun's brilliance, you'll find me there with my arms spread wide and my face with a smile.

When all you have is the darkness of hate, kindness is a beacon that burns bright.

When we embrace the things that make us unique, our true and remarkable capabilities are revealed

If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

If you don't discover God's dreams, you'll either waste your life running in wrong races and crossing wrong finish lines or, like many people, have no finish line at all.

I love America, and I love to say that my family is American.

Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.

When I was in N.Y. bartending, I was in a billion music videos. I was in Madonna, George Michael, Salt-n-Pepa - it goes on and on.

Plato rarely if ever states anything about himself clearly.