Most fruits, if left alone on a tree, eventually do ripen, especially if they're not being yelled at.

Without my relatives, I am but a thread; together, we form a colorful and elaborate Persian carpet.

My parents are highly evolved worriers. ... If worrying were an Olympic sport, my parents' faces would have graced the Wheaties box a long time ago.

Writing is such a powerful tool. I believe everyone should be writing.

In America, Christmas is the king of all holidays. To be left out of Christmas is the ultimate minority experience.

My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long line for the bathroom and extra loads of laundry for my mother.

Everyone except gamblers knows that gambling never pays. ... Losing, like winning, only increased his determination to play.

Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.

For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections.

My dad always says that kindness is our religion and if we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated, the world would be a better place.

... even though we belong to three different religions. We are alike in so many more ways than we are different.

Spirituality is the soul of the spirit.

I believe the auto industry is a competition of human resources, competition of funding, competition of technology - and the competition is international.

But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.

Peace among religions is a precondition for world peace.

Come, let us give a little time to folly... and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour of pleasure.

If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.

If you have a child, you'll notice they have two states: asleep or online.

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

I have a certain taste, and I might be like, 'I like this,' when other people are like, 'I can't wear that.' And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not.

My grandfather gave me a watch. It doesn't have any hands or numbers. He says it's very accurate. I asked him what time it was. You can guess what he told me.