Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical correlation between obesity and media use, period.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

Audiences like to see the bad guys get their comeuppance.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

I look like the kind of guy who has a bottle of beer in my hand.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Besides, we were fifteen, and we couldn't get our feelings to match up with our brains. So we went with our feelings.

...he went off to Paris. Actually, I don't know for sure that Paris is where he ended up.

Always try to be a little kinder than necessary.

You know it's real when reality becomes a dream, the dream becomes real, and real feels unreal

As I look around the quiet room, I see a thousand leather covers like doorways into worlds unknown.

I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.

I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'

I think we're infinite beings. We have to stay limitless.

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.