I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy.
Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
Worrying is paying interest on a debt you might not even owe.
In this country, intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face. . . Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and incovenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban. . . At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of iedas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.
The practice of giving thanks. . . eucharisteo. . . this is the way we practice the presence of God, stay present to His presence, and it is always a practice of the eyes. We don't have to change what we see. Only the way we see.
Hopefully if you create something fine, people will relate to it, so you're communicating with people, and you're not in a void. On the other hand, because you're always creating and transforming, art always separates you - always.
Weight lifting is the easiest part of my day.