Nothing had ever existed between us except the possibility of something, and now even that was over.

No act of knowledge acquisition is entirely without risk.

Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form inself on the edge of consciousness.

Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person’s eyes.

One must be cold if one wishes to savor chaos.

Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

I think it would be worse to get mauled by a dancing bear than just a regular bear because you can't totally blame the dancing bear.

It's fun as a coach to work with somebody that has power and that has potential to achieve, really, anything that he wants to achieve. It's just a question of time and how much work they put into it.

When I hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete, I see that the System Idle Process is hogging all the resources and chewing up 95 percent of the processor's cycles. Doing what? Doing nothing?

Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.

The most reliable pleasure afforded by theater is the intermission.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.