I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn't even give me an honorable death.

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.

Don't leave something good for something you think is better, Because once you realize you had the best, the best has already found better

Connectedness. One thing leads to another. Often in unexpected ways.

There are as many stories to be told as there are people to tell them about; only the mean-spirited would consider there to be a competition at all.

I think music is another language.

When we lock things away," he said with conviction, "we're really imprisoning ourselves.

Tradition is the social equivalent of personal habit.

It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!

Love can be angry... with a kind of anger in which there is no gall, like the dove's and not the ravens.

Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn

The important thing is the family. If you can keep the family together - and that's the backbone of our whole business, catering to families - that's what we hope to do.