Judges don't age. Time decorates them.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses.

When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much.

One's palate is reborn every morning!

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

Before you fall asleep everyday, say something positive to yourself.

One can lie, but truth is more interesting.

An only child is never twelve.

I am not a born writer, but I was born a writer.

As for death, one gets used to it, even if it is only other people is death you get used to.

Beloved, it's impossible to sprint into the providential arms of what is ahead...if we continue to trip on what is behind.

If you see a person who's insecure and covers it up, it can be quite a problem. But the person who is insecure and shows you is quite appealing. They give you just the courage to drop your defenses.

I wasn't the greatest reporter in the world, but I wasn't starting at zero.

One is sometimes glad not to be a great theologian; one might easily mistake it for being a good Christian.

At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft.

There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.

These younger kids - I think growing up with social media, they're just savvy.

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

Grace can and does have a history.

Even small efforts to bring about a change in the social fabric eventually reap large fruits.