Salinger is a master of the memorable detail, the seemingly random gesture, the debris of mundane daily operations, the stuff that is left out of any analysis.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

The way to becoming the best in your area of calling is to invest more time than anyone else in that area of life.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

I did as well as I could at Newcastle.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.

Vail Resorts School of Shred program is a great way to help encourage kids to stay active by getting them outside and on the mountain.

Things don't change, but by and by our wishes change.

Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent.

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.