The reality of any place is what its people remember of it.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

It was cold out there, bitter, biting, cutting, piercing, hyperborean, marmoreal cold, and there were all these Minnesotans running around outdoors, happy as lambs in the spring.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

...Pomeranians speak only to Poodles and Poodles speak only to God.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.

Knowingness: I am like a newborn baby every day I wake up with a new slate to create.

Take it from me, an authority on expertise: You can't trust experts.

The disastrous invasion of Iraq, something that I strongly opposed, has unraveled the region.

A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.

What could be any more correct for any people than to see with their own eyes?

Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out?

But science perhaps is very difficult without faith. Also there is no simple way of saying now we have science, we don't need faith anymore.

Those who wallow around in the sickness of their immorality and degeneracy get very little joy out of life here and certainly not much promise is held out for them hereafter.

I don't have an attitude, I have standards for the people who are supposed to be my friends.

I am watching the Earth. The visibility is good. I feel well and cheerful. The machine is functioning normally.