Style is about surviving, about having been through a lot and making it look easy.

But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.

Spring's greatest joy beyond a doubt is when it brings the children out.

People will call you anything. It's up to you either to pick up the phone or not.

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

You can't really dust for vomit.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Courage must come from the soul within; the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had.

If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated - but you will never accomplish anything either.

Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.

Fate and character are different names for the same idea.

Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon.

Spread your ear pollution far and wide.

The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Quoting Alexander MacLaren, The Wearied Christ and Other Sermons)

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

We need to build bridges between the LGBT community and the larger immigrant community. In the end, the bigger the tent we build, the more successful we'll be.

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.

A good song can only do good, and I am proud of the songs I have sung. I hope to be able to continue singing these songs for all who want to listen, Republicans, Democrats, and independents.