In our lives a dog is a dog rather than a former wolf, and it surely is not a cat, a difference that means an enormous amount to some people.

What makes defeat so painful is just the awareness that the other has won. It hurts to lose because it feels so good to win.

The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.

The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents an alternative view of both science and the world.

Postmodernism - and is that term used much any more? - is simply a reiteration of the sophistic or the rhetorical worldview.

Words are whips in the wind traveling between lovers.

The one who expects God to do as he asks Him must on his part do whatever God bids him.

Competition in spiritual matters brings confusion.

The best paths in life are rarely the easiest.

I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.

Truth and news are not the same thing.

It is okay for people you love to leave. For them to come and go. She taught it to me over and over.

I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. I think that's why I want to be an architect." "To build something permanent," I said. "A monument to last a thousand years.

I was 'attitude' in this place before it was a catchphrase!

It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.