But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

The reason why salt and sugar are known to be sweet is that they season other things. Care to share and dare to do it every day!

You might hate a successful person, but you can not hate a true hero.

Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty.

If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

Once you discover that the world rewards reckless faith, no lesser world is worth contemplating.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.

And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.

Hall of Love has ten thousand swords. Don't be afraid to use one.

For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.