Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.

Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.

In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.

[I want] a one-armed scientist ... [Who would not qualify his advice with 'on the other hand...']

Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.

You are the most influential person in your life. You can embrace your strengths or give away your power. The choice is yours.

the most important things can't be lassoed with language. The most important things can only be felt.

Everyone is on a journey at any given moment in their lives

The question is rarely asked, "Why is it that so few other Americans have these protections?" The question is more often asked, "Why do teachers have it so easy?"

The kind of eyes that jumped from a woman's dreams right into her morning and made trouble in the marriage bed.

There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different.

I copy the dress of an animal because I love to copy God. I think God is the most fantastic designer.

There is no truth in photography. One can't reproduce an absolute truth. That said, I don't see [my photographs] as being any less truthful than any other photographs.