When people thank you for doing something, you begin to realize how truly blessed you were to have been put in that position.

You know, catching the knuckleball, it's like trying to catch a fly with a chopstick.

I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign.

To be good, see goodness in everyone.

There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people who enact a playfulness when it comes to the world of ideas.

[Barack Obama] is aware of the criticism back home [from Cuba] that this embargo still exists.

Bright lights, they tend to burn out fast. So I shine bright, but I'm scared that it won't last.

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor

The mind is never more highly gratified than in contemplating a natural landscape.

My books are written from personal experience, from memories, and from stories that come to me from all places.

Not all the chains are bad and not all the freedoms are good!

Bodies are becoming our personal mission to tame, extend and perfect.