Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

Strangers are what friends are made of.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and over-ripe.

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really, " he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off.

Full spectrum lights should be used in all daytime offices for good health.

As an outsider I was free to pick my own literary traditions, to build my own system of literary values.

Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him work.

There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it is not possible.

It's my dream to make music that can make people feel like they're flying

Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

Solve the problem yourself or accept a fate you may not like... from this perspective, the ethic of personal responsibility gains appeal.

I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.