"The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon."

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations."

"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."

"One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young."

"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."

"The real danger is not that machines will think like us, but a profound challenge to our understanding of consciousness, if we can align its goals with humanity."

"For me, and I suspect for lots of other people too, bad things actually sometimes make you think more about faith and the fact that you're not facing these things on your own."

"If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship."