To the good listener half a word is enough.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

I don't want the cheese. I just want to get out of the trap.

With bread and wine you can walk your road.

From a fallen tree all make kindling.

You can't have more bugs than a blanketful.

Don't offer me advice give me money.

Drink nothing without seeing it sign nothing without reading it.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

He who fears death cannot enjoy life.

Dude--she's your wife." He pointed to the locker where the Bible lay concealed. "God first, family second, country third.

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell!

A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

People need revelation, and then they need resolution.

This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat content.

If we have not enough in our religion . . . to share it with all the world, it is doomed here at home.

There is not in sight any source of energy that would be a fair start toward that which would be necessary to get us beyond the gravitative control of the earth.

The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.

I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.

When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.