The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.

If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.

Orangutans teach us that looks are not everything-but warned near it.

The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.

The Love bird is one hundred percent faithful to his mate-who is locked into the same cage.

The stork is voiceless because there is really nothing to say.

To the seeing eye life is mostly Sparrows.

Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.

Jenna can't hear us, she's blind

People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.

Great teachers are usually a little crazy.

The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life.

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

It is good to take a weekend and just you, or you and your dog, head out into the wilderness. Walk by yourself. Be by yourself. It will help you in your search for stillness and perfection.

I still don't think I have a vocation - and writing is a way of avoiding one.

Play like a champ. Win like a champ. Act like a champ.

We actually slander and dishonor God by our very eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him.