Patriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't like it.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

A smile is the universal welcome.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

Words like “patience”, and “kindness”, and “goodness”. They are the words of a hero.

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.

Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don't want people to expect what is going to happen next.

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.

You're much better off creating positive rewards, complimenting people for acting correctly, rather than punishing them when they act incorrectly.

I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns.

Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell, but I'm still alive and well.

Big government makes small citizens.

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.