By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.

It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.

It means that we should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over.

I had never seen a real live dead person.

When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.

The strongest people in the world are the ones who think they're weak.

We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all.

Lula, " I said, "do you ever think about getting married?"I guess I do. Doesn't everybody?"You have to let your husband kiss you once you're married. And you have to kiss him

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

One of the things that happens in my house on the holidays is after dessert, we sit down to a very ambitious men-versus-women game of Trivial Pursuit. It's brutal. And there's a trophy.

With me, personal relationships are like my religion. I care that deeply about them. I am the complete opposite of a manipulative smoothie.

You go though a period of immense pain when reality meets the dream.

The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity.

We will not lose this election for lack of money.

When I'm panicked about my love handles, I go to the YMCA and get obsessed with Kid Rock videos as I'm on the running machine.

Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth.

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

I'm happy doing what I do. That's ok. Some guy could appear tomorrow and do it much better than me, and so be it, but right now I'm just happy to be who I am doing what I do.