The heart is the toughest part of the body. Tenderness is in the hands.

There is no final one

Can you really talk to the dead?" She gave me the look that I was familiar with by now: equal parts derision, skepticism, and curiosity. “How much would it be? I mean, how much do you charge?

More data is not always the answer.

It's a prizefight. Get off the stool, take your beating, go back to your corner, rest, and take a beating again. Believe in your own talent. Marry well.

Everybody's strange everywhere. Most of the trick of being a social animal is pretending you're not. But who do you fool? Nobody worth talking to.

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things–pardoning unpardonable acts, or loving unlovable people.

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.

Always do what you say you are going to do. It is the glue and fiber that binds successful relationships.

You gotta have faith. Even at the bottom of the blackest hole, there will always be light shining through. It just takes faith to see it.