We are in an electronic technology age now and it's about time we put away the old stuff.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful, so subtle and designing, and yet so richly comic.

There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.

I thank God that I wasn't born perfect.

Do work of all kinds with a mind that is void and to the voidness surrender all of the fruits.

Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way... but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.

I regretted making a comment about Dave Eggers. I’ve never said anything about McSweeneys except that I admire what it is, and I think it’s great that they keep people interested in literature.

Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution.

There are no throwaway people.

A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.

The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital.

When people show you who they are ... believe them!