Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on.

Normally, I stay away from politics - unless I'm going to run for president.

The seas need their own Kyoto Protocol.

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.

I always enjoyed the hearty society of a snowstorm.

My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.

We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.

I am about as detailed as a shadow.

I go to goth clubs dressed as a frat guy so I can stand around and look terribly uncomfortable. At frat parties I do the same thing, but the other way around.

It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.