"I was up day and night with Lincoln for years. I couldn't have picked a better companion."

“My grandfather was a most gifted person, and amongst his many qualities, one of them had always particularly impressed me. While the past was a book he had read and re-read may times, the future was just one more literary work of art into which he used to pour himself with deep thought and concentration. Innumerable people since his death have told me how he used to read in the future, and this certainly was one of his very great strengths.”

Source : "My Beloved Grandfather: A few words by Mowlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan IV". www.amaana.org. November 1977.

“Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council.”

Source : "Coming to Terms with China" by Chalmers Johnson, www.motherjones.com. March 16, 2005.

“The process of art-making is full of happy accidents - what fun!”

“Listening is one of the lesser-known skills that mistresses offer.”

Source : 1988 All in the Family: A Survival Guide for Living and Loving in a Changing World.

“If it doesn't light you up, you're not the right person for the job.”

“Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.”

“Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.”

“As any sin passes through its stages from temptation, to toleration, to approval, its name is first euphemized, then avoided, then forgotten. A colleague tells me that some of his fellow legal scholars call child molestation "intergenerational intimacy": that's euphemism. A good-hearted editor tried to talk me out of using the term "sodomy": that's avoidance. My students don't know the word "fornication" at all: that's forgetfulness.”