I love old moons. There is something humanized about them; they are dulled a little, and rich in color. One can stare all night at an old moon.

November at its best - with a sort of delightful menace in the air.

Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable.

a sarcastic expression, on a beast, is far more sinister than rage.

Fingers get habits - have memories of their own.

A farm is like a very large and extended baby. It takes a great deal of time and very little mentality.

What a strange joy it was to talk, to fish gleefully into the past and fling its fragments about us, with the unfailing aroma of pleasantness that pasts always seem to possess!

How different a loved and familiar spot appears, when viewed with the eye of probable guests.

the breeze brought us a faint sound, as of a distant rat, a huge and mystic rat, gnawing, maybe, at the horizon!

timeliness is an enemy to art.

So many commands in the Bible require obedience without us experiencing any conviction to obey them. That is when our faith is truly tested.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

We need to invest in peoples lives so that they can do the jobs of the 21st century.

I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it.

I do as little cardio as possible. I prefer to eat clean as often as possible instead of doing huge amounts of cardio.

how magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity?

A man can't turn tail and run just because a little personal risk is involved. What did Shakespeare say? "Cowards die a thousand deaths, the brave man... only 500"?

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz.

It's good to remind yourself that you're lucky to be working at all. It's very easy to get into the mindset of ingratitude and I battle with it all the time.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.