Every time I see a bluebird, I say, well, hey, all this hard work is all worth while.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now.

Young people must appreciate the beauty of old age. The old people were once young.

You want to do something good for the flowers? Then, keep the flowers in the soil, in nowhere else!

And though the newspapers called the shooting the Crime of the Century, Goldman knew it was only 1906 and there were ninety-four years to go.

I don't vote for the guy I trust. I vote for the guy who trusts me the most.

There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.

Ask yourself, 'how long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?' I suggest you answer, 'as long as it takes.'

I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.