Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer.

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.

I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

Some people who hated Americans set out to kill a lot of us and they succeeded [on 9/11]....We're trying to protect ourselves with more weapons. We have to do it, I guess, but it might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each other. We need proximity and distance, conversation and silence. We almost always get more of each than we want at any one time.