Hattie.' Grace patted my arm. 'My cows sing better than you do.

There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies.

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat.

It's the company, not the cooking, that makes a meal.

Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?

The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa

There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.

I am the richest person alive (or at least one of!) because I get to do what I love as a career.

The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice.

I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.

Can I keep you, Avery Connor? Will you be mine?

I’ll always be doing stand-up as long as people are still interested in seeing me.

All that matters is that you keep going no matter what

Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide.

Niggards are oftentimes neat.

Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".

Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.

If you lose, it's the coach's fault and if you win, the players are credible, they are indispensable, so whatever happens it's going to be the coach.

If the universe is everything, and scientists say that the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?

My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.