You know you're down and out when Okies laugh at you, ' she said. With our garbage bag taped window, our tied down hood, and art supplies strapped to the roof, we'd out-Okied the Okies.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.

Love is a longing to belong, to be beloved.

God is never far from His people, even when they are far from Him.

The world would be a sadder place without stories.

Mind over matter, will make the Pooh unfatter.

He was essentially a truth-speaking man, if only he know how to speak the truth.

Reality's all you've got. But here's the real secret, the real miracle: it's enough.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other.

A pitcher never gets me out. I get myself out. That's no disrespect to the pitcher, but there should be no excuse for failure. You can't have an excuse to fail.

They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less.