“Every man ought to take down some of the preacher’s words and ideas, and go into some lane or by-way, and preach them again to others. We ought to have four ears—two for ourselves and two for other people.”

“But even if we were to disappear, people would still be divided into people and Others. No matter how those Others were different.People can't get by without Others. Put two people on an uninhabited island, and you'll have a human being and an Other. And the difference is that an Other is always tormented by his differentness. It's easier for people. They know they're people, and that's what they ought to be. And they all have no choice but to be that way. All of them, forever.”

“There's a saying by some great writer or other that no man is a hero to his valet. Perhaps everyone ought to have a valet.”

“You and I ought not to die,before we have explained ourselves to each other.”

“Don’t you think there are two greatthings in life that we ought to aim at—truth and kindness? Let’shave both if we can, but let’s be sure of having one or the other.”

“I have no idea why it apparently takes three grown men to cook some hamburgers.One to cook, one to kibbitz, and one to insult the other two. ”