I could live a week on one good compliment.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

Impulsivity is something akin to spontaneously jumping out of an airplane and not realizing that you forgot something until about five seconds before impact.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

Only the person who is faithful to God can fulfill his course

When you travel, appreciate the culture of the people in the land.

The white hot publicity that came from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' was appreciated but not sought, so I was happy to walk away from it and then write.

When a woman marries she belongs to another man; and when she belongs to another man there is nothing more you can say to her.

Sensitive love letters are my specialty. 'Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: you.'

I really believe that the past is beyond our grasp and what is essential about the past is something unspeakable.

On God for all events depend; You cannot want when God's your friend. Weigh well your part and do your best; Leave to your Maker all the rest.

We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.