Nothing you become will disappoint me; I have no preconception that I'd like to see you be or do. I have no desire to forsee you, only to discover you. You can't disappoint me.

Abortion of potentials is a massacre of purpose. You don’t get the fruit because you killed the seeds!

The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.--The Fruit Hunters

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

Your socks should match your tie

Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

You have to compete in life because if you don't have no competition - no competition, no spirit, you know, you'll fall under the slightest struggle.

Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death.

We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.

We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I can tell you quite honestly.