"I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out."

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

"I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone."

"I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'"

"Facts are ventriloquists' dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere they say nothing or talk nonsense."

"It is a quiet truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men."

"If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance."