I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

I am not now That which I have been.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

The future ain't what it used to be.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.