“And he was not old enough to talk and say nothing at the same time.”

“My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.”

“I said it unto him who isn’t, and he wisely said nothing. Sometimes saying nothing is saying more than enough.”

“Time erodes people, and when you are old enough you weigh nothing. It's comforting to know that I will never be as frail.”

“A person may paint or talk about painting but he cannot do both at the same time.”

“The modern ignorance is in people's assumption that they can outsmart their own nature. It is in the arrogance that will believe nothing that cannot be proved, and respect nothing it cannot understand, and value nothing it cannot sell . . . The next hard time is just as real to him as the last, and so is the next blessing. The new ignorance is the same as the old, only less aware that ignorance is the same as the old, only less aware that ignorance is what it is. It is less humble, more foolish and frivolous, more dangerous. A man, Old Jack thinks, has no choice but to be ignorant, but he does not have to be a fool. He can know his place, and he can stay in it and be faithful.”