...[Y]ou cannot successfully navigate the future unless you keep always framed beside it a small clear image of the past.

...[A] certain degree of un-understanding (not mis-, but un-) is the only possible sanctuary which one human being can offer to another in the midst of the devastating intimacy of a happy marriage.

It's as important to marry the right life as it is the right person.

...[T]he mechanics of life should never be allowed to interfere with living.

No one knew how old she was, but she vaguely remembered waving to President Coolidge. She still had all of her marbles, though every one of them was a bit odd and rolled asymmetrically.

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.

I grew up in Newquay, on the Atlantic coast and there developed a love of the sea and boats.

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

I do like to pop in and help my friends out when I can, or be a part of their projects.

In every generation there is a vault-keeper, one who guards the links fiercely and knows they are more precious than rubies.

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play - if we want to change the world - we must first show up on the field to score.

When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves.