That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.

No great advance has ever been made in science politics or religion without controversy.

A little knee time first thing in the day keeps you standing all day!

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

I say to the young, be happy that you were born in Italy because of the beauty of the human capital, both masculine and feminine, of this country... No other country has such human capital.

There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day.

God's care for us is more watchful and more tender than the care of any human father could possibly be.

I really don't want to be a hunk.

The Christian faith is faith in Christ. Its value or worth is not in the one believing but in the One believed - not in the one trusting, but in the One trusted.

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.