You must question a code of ethics that never impedes your progress.

Sometimes, in a moral struggle, we discover the right thing to do - just as, on some cold day long ago, we discovered mittens pinned to our coat sleeve.

Stored away in some brain cell is the image of a long-departed aunt you haven't thought of in 30 years. Stored away in another cell is the image of a pink pony stitched on your first set of baby pajamas. All it takes to get that aunt mounted on the back of that pony is to eat a hunk of meatloaf immediately before going to bed.

There are days when you need someone who just wants to be your sunshine and not the air you breathe.

Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.

It is still possible to have friendly discourse in America, as long as you don't bring up any subject.

Life starts out as partly destiny and partly free will, but then you have kids, and it's all destiny.