"If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal."

"Judges don't age; time decorates them."

"When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much."

"As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to."

"Where yet was ever found a mother, Who'd give her booby for another?"

"Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures."

"The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet."

"We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics."