It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better, [Cloquet thought, ] while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.

"Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards." In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to "fly upwards".

I cannot get into cottage cheese, and I've tried a lot. Yogurt is hard for me to eat, too. I have to hold my nose to get it down. There's something wrong with that.

You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.

I have a life beyond performance. I love it, and it probably is the better part of my life, but I do have another life.

Stick a lighted candle up your backside to give yourself that inner glow.

It is something, I thought, when a king can put a courtesan to the blush.

I am still in shock and awe at being fired.

Our visual and musical artists have no incentive to be educated. So what we get is a bunch of uneducated artists inspiring misinformation, miseducation and illiteracy.

Opportunities are all around you, you just need to be able to see them.