Some lives, conducted with grace, are beautiful arcs bridging this world to eternity.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

Tommy and Scootie locked eyes. Only minutes ago, he wouldn't have believed that he could ever have felt such a kinship with the Labrador as he felt now.

Inbetween yesterday's regret and tomorrow's dream is today's opportunity. Seize the chance!

Larine had a bright future ahead of her, but she had to learn to obey the rules before she could begin learning which could be broken and when.

Educate yourself. Understand what you're dealing with. Then figure out how to fight it. Then figure out how to raise money for that fight. It'll help you cope. It'll help your child.

When you go through growing pains and learning experiences, it makes you tougher down the road.

In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.

It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast.

The more a man dreams, the less he believes.

Fancy tortures more people than does reality

Leadership is a dare - and the dare is, 'Are you willing to show up?'