Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

Being curious is the most important part of being a journalist. It might be the most important part of being anything.

When I was in architecture school at Princeton, the worst thing you could say about someone was that they were eclectic.

All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.

Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it?

Perhaps a normal man is supposed to be stupid-how do we know? Perhaps it's even very beautiful.

The primary use of knowledge is for such guidance of conduct under all circumstances as shall make living complete. All other uses of knowledge are secondary.

Old maids claw as cats do. They not only inflict wounds but experience pleasure in doing so. Nor will they fail to remind their victims of the blood drawn.

Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.

Nothing is ever too good to be true.

It's better to leave them wanting more than to be the show where people are like, "Oh, that's still on the air?"