"We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap."

"We are not fully human if we live alone. These small acts of compassion-for they can never be organized and…"

"Poe is a kind of Hawthorne and delirium tremens."

"You cannot make a pair of croak-voiced Daleks appear benevolent, even if you dress one of them in an Armani…"

"If you give me an army of Turks, I can take the whole world hostage."

"Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job."

"The best gift an educator can give is to get someone to become self-reflective."