I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book than of any other on Nat. Hist. Science.

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them, and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of plants themselves.

All I ever aim to do is to put the Development hypothesis in the same coach as the creation one. It will only be a question of who is to ride outside & who in after all.

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of the plants themselves.[Letter to W.H. Harvey]

I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book [The Origin of Species] than of any other on Nat. Hist. Science.[Letter to Charles Darwin 12 Dec 1859]

Good soul easily sleeps well.

My acting teacher used to say that people reveal themselves in their opposites.

One is either packed or unpacked. There is no middle ground.

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.

It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.

One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.

Gratitude is not a fair weather virtue. True gratitude means appreciating your life no matter what the storms may bring. Is simply being alive gift enough for you to feel grateful?

George Herbert Walker Bush. He was a pretty-pretty great President and anything but.

One must never lose perspective. You don't get lost in your success, and you don't get depressed about failure, and you keep it all in an even keel.

I want to live life on my own terms.