Preservations are working to save neon signs for future generations, either on-site or in museums. After all, what would America be without a few giant doughnuts around.

As I write this entry, I touch a saber-tooth tiger skull in my office. Without stars there could be no skulls

Einstein created an unstoppable "intellectual chain reaction, " an avalanche of pulsing, chattering neurons and memes that will ring for an eternity

Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need in our lives.

the fruit of life is experience, not happiness.

There is no suspense in inevitability.

Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.

The resurrection of Jesus was like a boulder crashing into the pool of history.

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?

There's no denying that Caruso came with a voice?that Beethoven came with music in his soul, Picasso was drawing like an angel in the crib.You're born with it.

[My favorite thing about motherhood is] that it's made me grow into a woman finally, and I finally grew up, thank God.

I can't make anybody happy, so I try my best to be good at what I do

You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too.