It's important for survival that children have their own experiences, the kind they learn from. The kind their parents arrange for are not as useful. Good parents are the hardest to get rid of.

You get old and you realize there are no answers, just stories.

March is the month God created to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like.

Secret of life is to go through something harrowing that doesnt kill you...and to love one woman for the rest of your life.

Second violins can play a concerto perfectly if they're in their own home and nobody's there.

You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you.

We thank you [the soldiers recently returned from the middle east] for your service.