"When kids hit the age of one, they're like miniature drunks. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh, then two minutes later they're crying. They drool."

"When you work with kids who have autism, they don't reciprocate any affection. You learn to find your self- worth within what you do, not what people tell you about yourself."

"The entire population of the world-with one minor exception-is composed of other people."

"The pain of dispute exceeds, by much, its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf, and when people are deaf I am dumb."

"The cowards never start and the weak die along the way."

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."

"A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice."

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No Matter, try again, fail again, Fail better."

"The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts; they are forever influencing the opinions and destinies of men."

"Acts of injustice done Between the setting and the rising sun In history lie like bones, each one."

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

"A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend-and he's a priest."