Each of us as he receives his private trouncings at the hands of fate is kept in good heart by hearing of the moth in his brother's parachute and the scorpion in his neighbor's underwear.

Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.

Once when I was 16 I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I said a bad word once, and I actually did get my mouth washed out with soap.

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.

Is this chicken what I have or is this fish? I know it's tuna. But it says chicken. By the sea.

For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho.

The solution is to first create an integrated economic development and recreation plan that addresses the needs of the people who live and recreate in central Idaho.

As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs.

One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

Twin miracles of mascara, her eyes looked like the corpses of two small crows that had crashed into a chalk cliff.

It's not really that much of a big deal - you brush it off and you come back. Defeat is the secret ingredient to success.

Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!

Outside, a ceiling of pearly gray clouds coalesced over Manhattan, and the apartment had grown dark. It just keeps dripping. It's been like this all week, .. Rain would be a relief.

A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.

With every character, you alter, you can’t be attached to your own identity.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.