Occasionally we sigh for an earlier day when we could just look at the stars without worrying whether they were theirs or ours.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

Hate sin. Love righteousness of God.

Once you've charmed a girl and prove how mature and independent you are, just ask her out.

Some words are like the old Roman galleys large-scaled and ponderous. They sit low in the water even when their cargo is light.

Only death can seperate me from the wrestling world.

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

Life is a glorious opportunity.

I hate movies. They're so boring. So tedious.

When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

An artist's business is only to see.

You could start a small fire... with [photo] books I hate, and use that light to look at mine.