The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it which we practice.

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

There are two kinds of Arctic problems, the imaginary and the real. Of the two, the imaginary are the most real.

Adventure is a sign of incompetence.

Having an adventure shows that someone is incompetent, that something has gone wrong. An adventure is interesting enough - in retrospect. Especially to the person who didn't have it.

False modesty is better than none.

A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

Seven times up, eight times down

Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.

I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

In the sales profession, the real work begins after the sale is made.

As an extension of Christ in the lives of his children is the only trend enough for a woman's precious energies.

I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

As The Pioneer Woman has grown and the revenue has grown, the prizes keep getting better, and that certainly feels good.

Let me get this straight. Your table ran away because you polished it with Windex?

In order to arrive at what you are not, you must go through the way in which you are not.