A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.

A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite work that way.

Despite the ills of our society, we largely live among compassionate, kind and optimistic people who are striving to do good. [...] Learn how to be happy and keep this in mind: You can't be happy unless you stop being afraid.

A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!

I have never been able to understand anyone on this planet who lacks a need for knowledge. Is it not God's greatest gift to us all, this capacity to think, to wonder, to imagine?