It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star

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.

~ Tolerance increases hope between people and their voice of conscience.

People don't believe that their actions really and truly are going to make a difference. But kids get it. They know. And they get all excited about the difference they're making.

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

Women who pay their own rent don't have to be nice.

actuaries are people who wanted to be accountants but didn't have the personality.

Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.

Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.

God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.

It's organic. It's like a river. One stream comes in and it meets another stream and becomes the Amazon.

the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That's the unfinished business between us. because love, love is never finished.