I didn't have the ambition to be a broadcaster. I was going to be a newspaper reporter the rest of my life, but that opportunity came along.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

It was cold out there, bitter, biting, cutting, piercing, hyperborean, marmoreal cold, and there were all these Minnesotans running around outdoors, happy as lambs in the spring.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

...Pomeranians speak only to Poodles and Poodles speak only to God.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.

Faithfulness: where faith is full of necessary trusts!

Everything around you that you call life was made up by people, and you can change it.

The owls are gathering

I have respect for the sport so I will contribute to the sport by encouraging artists .

I am in the prime of senility.

It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around.

women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on them. That's why they've become feminists.

Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.

People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out

Israel demonstrated real hooliganism during the course of the recent operation, which I demanded.