Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.

Sometimes broken things heal crooked. The pieces didn’t fit anymore.

If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.

...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.

The scenery, when it is truly seen, reacts on the life of the seer. How to live. How to get the most of life.... How to extract its honey from the flower of the world.

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

A Time For Prayer "In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." -Rudyard Kipling

A Movie That Costs Only $1.6 Million Doesn't Have to Be a Cultural Event to Turn a Profit.

Wisdom is not having illusions, especially anything in your own mind that elevates you above others.