Today I am sure no one needs to be told that the more birds a yard can support, the fewer insects there will be to trouble the gardener the following year.

One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards.

The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind.

Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.

Once we become interested in the progress of the plants in our care, their development becomes a part of the rhythm of our own lives and we are refreshed by it.

Anyone starting to garden... would be wise to look around carefully and see what grows well in other people's yards.

I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened.

Take every day, love every day, enjoy every day, even if you have a crappy day, find the fun things in it.

I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse and mule.

Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None.

Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.

I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family.

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

The things one wants the most, are not things after all.