“In the 1991 movie City Slickers, Jack Palance gives Billy Crystal some profoundly simple advice. When Crystal asks him the secret of life, Palance holds up a forefinger, answers with a single word: "One." Choose one thing. Do it to… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Americans are funny," Terence O'Donnell pointed out in a conversation we had about our national need to own as much as possible, including our… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“It scares us more than anything except death. Being alone. Our fear of solitude is so ingrained that given the choice of being alone… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Curmudgeons speak up because they have to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Putting thoughts into words is vastly different from putting truth into words. For words are not truth. As ardently as writers sort and select… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“The Art of Self, I've learned, is indispensable to material success but corrosive to the human spirit. What's more, much of the misery in… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Curmudgeons speak up because they have to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Now that you’re old, cut yourself some slack, would you? Let yourself off the hook. Give yourself a break. You don’t have to do… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“When was the last time someone was so overjoyed to see you, so brimming with love and affection that they literally ran to greet… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“There's one thing you ought to know about old people," Alberto Terégo told me on our early morning walk on the beach. "Like what?"… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Did I think I'd ever find someone I could live with, she asked me, and I said yes, and she said who, and I… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“I woke up this morning with the words clomping around in my head: 'Truth does not become wisdom until the exact moment you're ready… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
