“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

“The difference between love and sex is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”

“The use of the right word, the exact word, is the difference between a pencil with a sharp point and a thick crayon.”

“The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behaviors affect the rights and well being of others.”

“Like a lightning bug... Like a lightning bug?... Yes, just like a night lightning bug; because there are day lightning bugs too - even if nobody has ever seen one, I know there are some, and I know the day lightning bugs are the cockroaches that since they can't light up, people kill them.”

“Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night.”