Because failure isn't an option if success is just a matter of more effort.

You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.

That's the lesson of the dogs, that it's important to both live in the moment and then go on to the next wonderful thing.

Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.

Some people just don’t appreciate having a dog around. It’s sad to think there are people like that. I knew Gloria was that way—maybe that’s why she could never be truly happy.

Kansas is a piece of real estate that completely disproves the theory of roundness as a quality of the planet earth.

Apparently there are three levels of brain activity. Level 1 is the lowest level - the amount of concentration required to, say, delete emails or serve in congress.

Dog’ is ‘God’ spelled backward; you know that. That’s why you’re here, to help the nuns do God’s work.

I want to know what good is a web search engine that returns 324,909,188 'matches' to my key word. That's like saying, "Good news, we've located the product you're looking for. It's on Earth.

Not everything that can be counted counts.Not everything that counts can be counted.

This whole kissing process was turning out to be far more complicated and stressful than I'd thought it would be.

They have a baby grand piano, but no one in the family plays. They have shelves of books they've never read, and the tension between the couples was so thick it nearly choked us.

All you have is a gift a to give.

Today's beauty ideal, strictly enforced by the media, is a person with the same level of body fat as a paper clip.

i know he's been looking forward to this--and i know that i've been looking forward to this. but now i have to stop looking forward and start looking at where i am. it's hard.

You make one solo album, and some people swear you're about to leave the band or there are creative differences.

I don't like basements, but definitely basements could be poems. Not fond of skin diseases, but again, there's a pattern. Probably anything could be a poem.

I like bold colors but usually wear black.

If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.

When I was little, I met Ronald Reagan. I think I said something to him.

Stand on the highest pavement of the stair- Lean on a garden urn- Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair.