“I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times.”

“I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon.”

“Although personal calling I sense—who am I? even if I am, I don't know.”

“I am afraid to die sometimes, but God is the one to decide when a person dies. I want to live to the fullest until then.”

“I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.”

“I am not a bad person. I am a good person who has lived in a bad time."
Alex's grandfather.. Everything is Illuminated”

“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.”

“The most dangerous kind of person… is one who is afraid of his own shadow.”

“They say — people who ought to be ashamed of themselves do — that the consciousness of being well dressed imparts a blissfulness to the human heart that religion is powerless to bestow. I am afraid these cynical persons are sometimes correct.”

“I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.”