"…You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know?"

“My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.”

“Losers never know why they are losing. They will mention injuries, the officiating, the weather and bad breaks.”

“Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.”

“Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world”

Source : Attributed to Matthew Arnold's "Literature and Dogma". "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", pp. 216-218, 1922.

“Don't save up love like you're trying to retire on it; give it away like you're made of it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bob Goff from May 28, 2014

“But I'm trying not to be cynical - I don't want to be one of those people who has a cool opportunity and blows it. It's really amazing what's happening to me.”

“The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.”

“I think I look good for my age. I've always looked younger than I really am. I'm 67 and I look about, maybe 62 or something like that. And I think my healthy lifestyle has paid off. I suffer from osteoarthritis. That's genetic and there's nothing I can do about that, except to try and not jump up and down, but rather swim and bike, instead of jumping up and down.”