"Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child."

"Experience is not what happens to us, rather it is what we do with what happens to us."

"Our choices add up; each one influences others, and cumulatively a series of delightful short-term choices can leave us much worse off in the long run."

"A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse."

"Is there anything worse than being blind? Yes, a man with sight and no vision."

"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."

"Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life."

"Leave well - even 'pretty well' - alone: that is what I learn as I get old."

"If God dropped acid, would he see people?"

"Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa."