It is worse than folly... not to recognize the truth, for in it lies the tinder for tomorrow.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves. Break the cycle.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

Did you really think I would be this excited about college if I thought I'd be leaving my girl behind?

Maybe that was the secret of happiness--not expecting any one thing to last forever.

Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God

I think it's safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lie.... I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name.

I can be tough on actors, but I also let them know early on in our relationship what I expect from them.

We could have saved sixpence. We could have saved fivepence. But at what cost?

Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy!