Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Perfection isn't everything, " she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what make it perfect.

Humor is the salvation of those without hope.

Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts.

My dad was a pastor, so we were in church all the time.

Hold on to me: Someday I may be quite valuable.

I have been waiting a long time for this. It's been my dream forever. Now that it's a reality, I love it. I haven't been burnt out at all and I have a bunch of guys with me that feel the same way.

Some people never have anything except ideals.

Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

I've never wanted to just ride on coat tails. I don't know, if you don't earn something then it doesn't feel as good.

Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of 19th century Africa.