A learned man is a tank; a wiser man is a spring.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me.

You are the one who must choose your place.

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable.

It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children.

It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.

I just live my life and try to be present. When I'm present in the moment and something comes, I can capture it, because it doesn't come from me, it's out there.

The power of the river is to flow wildly! The power of the lake is to think calmly! Wise man both flows like a river and thinks lake a lake!

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Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual.