This biography is essential reading. —The New York Times, Holiday Gift Guide A superbly told story of a superbly lived life.
I think you have to be cool to be a good flirt, and I don't think I'm very cool.
Ignorance is the greatest slave master in the universe.
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Hom...
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
When a blind man says, 'God is good,' this should be an eye-opener to those who can see.
The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.
People and institutions that refuse to admit error eventually discredit themselves.
Love is just a contact of no refusal.