Alexandros of Antioch took a block of marble and chiseled away from it everything that was not his masterpiece, the Venus de Milo. If you will chisel away one fault from your character every day, you may discover - a) that you're actually a statue of Margaret Thatcher. b) that you're still just a block of marble. c) that there are pigeon droppings on your shoes. d) that you, too, are a hidden masterpiece.

In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order.

My eyesight's gone, my reflexes are shot, and I can't stay awake, but thank God I can still drive.

In sinners and repenters you have the original division of labor.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction.

There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.