One day in your prayers, maybe once a month or week, lie back and thank God for the things not given to you.

The Advanced Level is Mastery of the Basics

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

Love is nothing but joy accompanied with the idea of an eternal cause.

Day is like day as two beads in a rosary, unless changes of weather form the only variety.

A major part of the meaning of life is contained in the very process of discovering it.

I'm not one of those women with a really thin body. I have body fat.

Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.

It's hard to let go anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we're left with a fistful of ashes.

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

I've always done a bass and drum solo that lasts about 10 minutes. The main thing is to use it only when you need to.