By the middle of Henry VIII's reign, the white meats — that is, dairy products — were considered common fare and people from all classes would eat meat whenever they could get it.

...landscape is a work of the mind. Its scenery is built up as much from strata of memory as from layers of rock.

Faith in God is confident hope.

We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we're going to need the next day.

Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned, you'll be surprised... as your solitude subsides.

The progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair.

One question:do you want to hang ten or BE a ten?"-Massie Block

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.

Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices.

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

Covenants without swords are but words.