Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

"Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

Garden: One of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants operated by charity-minded amateurs in an effort to provide healthful, balanced meals for insects, birds and animals.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

The true definition of a perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year.

Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.

Some people make it really hard to remain as humanly possible

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese.

One should not seek happiness, but rather happy people.

I'm excited to begin the next chapter of my life with an amazing woman.

Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.

Nothing dries sooner then a teare.

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.

I love documentaries and I watch documentaries to no end.

I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!

The sunflower is mine, in a way.