She's had a long life of experience in noticing evil, fancying evil, suspecting evil and going forth to do battle with evil.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

We all have our own rhythms to walk to.

I look at Van Halen as social workers. What we're really doing is creating jobs for rock critics.

Shed not for her a bitter tear; Nor give the heart to vain regret. Tis but the casket that lies here; the gem that fills it sparkles yet.

May God bless the state of Israel and may God bless the United States of America.

Your desires will very often be contradictory and so will your strengths. All of our contradictions make us whole.

Life goes on, end of tunnel, TV set Spot in the middle Static fade, statistic bit And soon I fade away, fade away

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.

Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.