NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

The sum of a person's life is not determined by one action. It is what you do with the time you are given that matters.

I’m transgender” she repeated. “It means I was born with certain male characteristics. One of which I still have.

They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death, ” Ned said evenly. “Perhaps that is why the Starks have so little humor.

On the road of life... Meet people where they are, Accept who they are. And there are some folks that you need to leave where they are... Keep walking.

Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.

We are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth.

The bravest soldiers aren't unafraid, but they're the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage.

Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.