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“Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!†said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been inside a river for quite a long time.”
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“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
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“The Baptists' basic theology is that if you hold someone under water long enough, he'll come around to your way of thinking. It's a ritual known as 'Bobbing for Baptists.'”
Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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“A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.”
Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009. 
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“Autumn can be glorious but menacing too - the long shadows, brisk winds, scurrying leaves, impending frost.”
Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin
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“So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.”
Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press
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“To justify God's ways to man.”
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“I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.”
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“I'd rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored”
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“What we tell students in formal schooling: “Sit down, stay quiet, and absorb. Do this for 12 to 16 years and all will be well.”
