"All those little congruences and arabesques you..." - Quote by John Updike

“Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit.”

“I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being.”

“There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.”

“That's part of what I tried to describe to my team and supporters after the election, there was a lot of disappointment.”

“Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding they brav'ry in their rotten smoke?”

“I've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down.”

“The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be.”

“Let mortal man keep to his ownMortality, and not expect too much.”

“A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.”