Tony smothered the life that me and Ma had built, a furry mould growing over a sweating slab of cheese.

He had an image in his mind of a gaggle of long-necked geese, all done up in petticoats and crinolines, sitting around a stuffy parlor and talking about him.

Refuse to compromise what you know to be right for anyone or anything.

I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did.

Find combinations of flavors you love and buy the best quality ingredients you can afford. Your food is only going to be as good as the sum of its parts, like anything else.

Ideas have consequences and bad ideas can have lethal consequences.

As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.

If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art... the minute painter would be more apt to succeed. But it is not the eye, it is the mind which the painter of genius desires to address.

Does this feel warmer or colder?

Fear too often spells failure.

There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.