“The matter of heart is more personal than accepting the opinions of others.”
“I just make crap up more than anything else.”
Ain't It Cool News interview
“What is more important in a library than anything else — is the fact that it exists.”
"The Premise Of Meaning" in American Scholar (5 June 1972)
“It is life that educates, and perhaps love more than anything else in life.”
Source: Fallen Leaves (2014), Ch. 2 : On Youth
“A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.”
“Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.”
Versus (1949), Possessions are Nine Points of Conversation
Variant: Some people, and it doesn't matter whether they are paupers or millionaires,
Think that anything they have is the best in the world just because it is theirs.
“I'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else that I do.”
Interview on Nationwide (1 July 1983).
“I guess, more than anything else, I'm a pragmatist with strong beliefs in people.”
Interview with Laura Knoy, New Hampshire Public Radio (5 November 2003)
Context: I don't have labels. I believe in human beings, I believe in a strong national security, I believe in maximizing freedom... I can give you a whole list of things i'm for, but I believe in solving problems. I guess, more than anything else, I'm a pragmatist with strong beliefs in people.
