Dried peas and beans, being rather on the dull side, much like dull people respond readily to the right contacts.

May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime.

Correct the seasoning' - how that time-tested direction stimulates the born cook!

Nothing stimulates the practiced cook's imagination like an egg.

There was the Door to which I found no key There was the Veil through which I might not see.

The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.

Please remember, it is what you are that heals, not what you know.

Do you think anything else can go wrong tonight?" Kaden turned to look at Nicholas coming up behind her and nodded. "Yes ma'am. I'd say all kinds of things could go wrong.

One should not be too difficult. An artist should not treat himself like an enemy.

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.

I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.

Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing your activity toward a conclusion that isn't prescribed by a particular method.

Poetry, I'm often told, is something made of words. I think it really goes the other way around: words are made of poetry.