A bear remains a bear - even when most of him has fallen off or worn away.

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.

A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well - almost.

You can kid the world, but not your sister.

I will protect you until you are grown and then I will let you fly free, but loving you, that is for always.

Children and mothers never truly part--Bound in the beating of each other's hearts.

Success is not fame or money or the power to bewitch. it is to have created something valuable from your own individuality and skill a garden, an embroidery, a painting, a cake, a life.

We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school.

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote.

Any cat that misses a mouse pretends it was aiming for the dead leaf.

If Hillary Clinton had policies that would more likely make people's lives better than Republicans, I'd be for Hillary. I'm for whoever will do that. I couldn't care less.

If you need to pursue your interests, do not expect anyone else to do it for you.

Ecology is a dirty seven-letter word to many people. They are like heavy sleepers refusing to be aroused. "Leave me alone! It's not time to get up yet!"

People say be safe and I hate that, so I go to Skate Lab with no pads

I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future.

It's a different experience to be with your kids when your spouse isn't around.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

all skinny guys with beards are jerks

Things that seem bad at the time are really blessings.

It's quite fashionable to say that the education system's broken. It's not broken. It's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore. It's outdated.