Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

"Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

Garden: One of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants operated by charity-minded amateurs in an effort to provide healthful, balanced meals for insects, birds and animals.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

The true definition of a perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year.

Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

You do not sew with a fork and I see no reason why you should eat with knitting needles.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

Defiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exalts and glorifies the rebel.

There's a basic feeling of lack that we want to distract ourselves from. We want to fix it by looking outside ourselves, as if it is going to fill us up.

My mind works so fast. When I think of something I say it. Lots of times I say it even before I think of it.

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.

I've always loved TV very much, and as a child I was so religious with it, but now it's more when it fits in.

When you reduce what you need in life to the bare minimum, then that's when you achieve true freedom.

That’s right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates aren’t weird?

Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.