Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Hope is not some thin thing that is subject to the winds of fate. Rather, it is something crafted hard by the hands of God.

Organisms are selected to deploy violence only in circumstances where the expected benefits outweigh the expected costs.

Today is yesterday's victory, yesterday is tomorrow's conquest, and tomorrow is today's war. Though I face death, I am not fearsome.

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.

Be kind to yourself and others. Come from love every moment you can.

I think God is as much a basic ingredient in the universe as neutrons and positrons. This is the prime force, when we look around the universe.

While travelling near Tampa, Florida I passed the "Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall" and was struck by the fact that that must be where they make them.

The successful person has unusual skill at dealing with conflict and ensuring the best outcome for all.

The first thing you have to learn when you go into the arts is to learn to cope with rejection. If you can't, you're dead.