I think that addiction is a very, very important thing that has to be treated, but has to be treated as a health problem and not as a police problem.

I don't think a single one of them had any clear idea of time, as we at the end of countless ages have. They still belonged to the beginnings of time—

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.

You might be a redneck if the biggest fashion risk you take is which plaid you'll wear to the 4-H Fair.

Imagining is in itself the very height and life of poetry, which, by a kind of enthusiasm or extraordinary emotion of the soul, makes it seem to us that we behold those things which the poet paints.

So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense.

Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community... I love the South.

A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.

Never forget the essence of your spark!