You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

I don't regret any of the decisions I've made in my life because with every choice I make, I learn something new.

Terrorism works better as a tactic for dictatorships, or for would-be dictators, than for revolutionaries.

Most people with new ideas are ridiculed … until they succeed!

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideas.

My children are all doing just fine. The mountain dogs are great in this weather. The yorkies are freezing.

Either you have the feeling or you don't. Hawk Davies

When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede for him with groans that cannot be uttered.

Thank you for being interested. Doesn't sound much but it meant just about everything.

Tell me a story of deep delight.