But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints.

Never give up listening to the sounds of birds.

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.

Still amazes me that people spend more time researching a new vehicle than they do the religion they entrust their souls to.

Boredom comes from a boring mind.

By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

Women earn less than men because they are women.

A good coach is interested in how tough you are, how you react to adversity, how quickly you get back on defense.

If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. If you dare not struggle, then damn it, you don't deserve to win.

I will not fall in love with you," she said. "I can't let myself. I won't." "That's all right. I'll love you enough for the both of us.

We have so many words for states of mind, and so few words for the states of the body.

To protect myself from the rear, I have to stand slantwise.