How many examples do we have of these bodies [of the state] set up to eliminate a problem, actually eliminating it, shutting down their operations and going home?

Joy is a marvelous increasing of what exists, a pure addition out of nothingness.

I recovered from recovering so no longer celebrate not doing bad things to defend myself as good. I added new bad for good measure.

It's not what you have lost, but what you have left that counts.

It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.

Love is priceless. And all I really want is a good night kiss. So if tears were diamonds, more valuable gold, then a fortune in the corners of my eyes I would hold.

Leaders never outgrow the need to change.

That customer service representative is crazy, if he think I am going to pay that bill.

On the wall of our life together hung a gun waiting to be fired in the final act.

If you can't travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you're making.

I don't dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it's just a number.