Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

Forgiving others simply means that you refuse to be a prisoner of a past that you can't change, and shackled to decisions that you didn't make.

Knocking on the door doesn't always get you what you want, but sometimes it gives you what you need." ~ Lorna Stremcha

Resilience is about B.O.U.N.C.E-Bouncing forward includes bouncing back.

If we don't understand our tools, then there is a danger we will become the tool of our tools. We think of ourselves as Google's customers, but really we're its products.

We speak piously of ... making small studies that will add another brick to the temple of science. Most such bricks just lie around the brickyard.

When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to.

It's believable because great things don't happen without hard work

The missing links in my life's work, no less!