In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me."

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.

Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction.

After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.

In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me."