“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.”

“You hate Jesus because someone from the North Country said He was the Son of God. But you hate one another because each of you deems himself too great to be the brother of the next man.”

“I must say… that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand.”

“Philosophy hasn’t made any progress?—If someone scratches where it itches, do we have to see progress? Is it not genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching?”

“Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.”

“When you meet someone who is truly great, he makes you believe you can be great, too.”

“It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must be done quickly. Actually, it is much easier to write this humor than to do a joke or a show from scratch, because the audience knows the plot. Just mention what is going on and then deliver the punch line.”

“… show the other side, the one that gets people out of bed the next morning, makes them scratch and scrape and fight for their lives because someone is telling them that they're going to be okay.”

“A great hope fell
You heard no noise
The ruin was within.”

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”