“The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it's too easy.”

“The worst thing we can say about God is that he knows all. The best thing we can say of him is that, on the whole, he tends to keep his knowledge to himself.”

“I'll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life's a pretty rotten thing as quick as anything I can think of.”

“Kids listen to kids. If you have a platform, why not use it to speak about things that can help other people?”

“If you can tell anyone about it, it's not the worst thing you ever did.”

“Papa always explained to me that there is no such thing as a kids’ game. That there are only games with which kids are learning the facts of life, but it’s the parents that are so tapados—so blind and constipated that they can’t see what these games are really all about.”

“Bad things are not the worst things that an happen to us. NOTHING is the worst thing that can happen to us.”

“The thing about talking swords…it’s hard to tell when they’re kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.”

“The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter. You know, if it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.”

“The worst thing about death is not uncertainty. The worst thing about death is the certainty that humans will be separated from the light of the true truth as a result of their own arrogance and ignorance.”