Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

I could be a morning person -- but only if morning started at noon!

I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.

The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade the people who style me at these times to let me do that.

A GREAT discovery solves a great problem but there is a grain of discovery in any problem.

If you're an athlete, you might work your entire life, and you win the Super Bowl once, if you're lucky. And I feel like in the arts and entertainment we win the Super Bowl all the time.

I love a natural look in pictures.

Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential.

Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.

If you had really loved something, wouldn't a little bit of it always linger?