Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy art poetry love scandal and the weather.

Compared to America or Europe God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

The movies were custard compared to politics.

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

I went to the doctor and he said I had acute appendicitis and I said compared to who?

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life something with which nothing can be compared.

When I hear somebody sigh 'Life is hard ' I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'