If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.

Peace in my mind, Peace in my heart, Peace in my dreams And peace in my thoughts.

Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.

Trust acquired through challenged skepticism is infinitely more solid and lasting than passive acceptance.

People will still be looking to the United States. Our example will still carry great weight.

The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.

From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.

Fair words gladden so many a heart.

I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that.

Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.