Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable.

Place is security, space is freedom.

Geography is the study of earth as the home of people

A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone.

All creative effort - including the making of an omelet - is preceded by destruction.

It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence.

Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.

People tend to suppress that which they cannot express.

That's the cool thing about having a best friend. They know what your pain feels like already, so you don't have to explain it.

Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That is diplomacy.

Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads.

It is far easier to be a Christian in isolation than it is to live out one’s faith in the context of all those other imperfect people who make up God’s church.

Moral supremacy is the only one that leaves monuments, and not ruins, behind it.

Soup of the evening, beautiful soup! Soup of the evening, beautiful soup! Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! Soo--oop of the e--e--evening, Beautiful, beautiful soup!

Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver.

I think most people assume if you're a Latino in Texas, you're Mexican. It's not really a problem, and I love so much about Mexican culture and the Mexican people.