Words themselves become beings, sentences becomenatural vegetation to be guided by the gardener's hands.

The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.'

There are only two kinds of people in the world, suckers and people that can be had. Everyone can be had, but a sucker will always bet you $50 that he can't be had. Maybe magicians are around to remind us we can all be had, so we don't become suckers.

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.