Never trust anything you read in a travel article.

You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

When the toughest of problems strike me, I just remind myself that God is on my side.

Due to its inherently limited supply for each location, land obtains its value from the natural, social, and cultural wealth that exists in its surrounding environment.

Everything in life is luck.

Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.

One person in the 60s fascinated me more than anybody I had ever known. And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love

Desmond, don't poke the baby!'... 'I'll get you next time-' Don't threaten the baby either!'.

If you find something that gets hold of you in the Word, pass it on to somebody that very day.

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth, Contagious blastments are are most imminent.