Dogs are the only non-primate animal to look into man's eyes. My mother, behind my ears.

Don't be ashamed for lack of knowledge. The real crime is having but not using it

Respect fails before love

If you don't know how to make fire you can ask someone or stay in the cold

the meaning of life is to help each other get through. The purpose of life is to live, with all 5 senses, and enjoy the gift

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.

and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.

My love is like the light and warmth of the sun. It never changes. It never disappears even when you change your positions and perceptions.

You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!

I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.

People in government are self-interested just like people in business.

There are so many traps. There are so many opportunities. Life is a river and we take our boat and we go down it.

African people need to stop shouting 'nationtime' until they are clear about the responsibilities of running a nation.

I have studied humans for a small eternity. Intent infuses their every movement. Road maps to their inner navigation, plastered all over their skin. Born to be slaves.

Morandi suggests we are all single in this world, hoping for independent repose. But our best opportunity for a community of excellence depends upon a collection of enlightened individuals.