Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together.

That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke.

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.

To me life is simply an invitation to live.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the stars?

I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.

So let us all who pray ask for what most of them need badly, a sense of humor to lighten their way through life, making it merrier for themselves and easier for others.

The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other

But just as natural disaster brought out the best in some people, it brought out the worst in others.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

I regret the time and resources needed to undertake this but... it is right to lay this accusation to rest.

If I ever mary, it will be on a suddn impulse - as aman shoots himself

They came from all over the world to work out at Gold's Gym.

Courage? The moment when my troubles are going to end is not the moment when my courage is going to fail me.

Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world's longest, most thrilling conversation.

I'm probably going to be an Indianapolis fan.

Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance.

I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.