The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win.

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.

Breslin gives me his wise-teacher smile, which is kind and crinkly and would make me feel warm all over if I was dumber than a bag of hair.

Zero ground is the beginning... sometimes you just don't have the normal productivity day.

I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

I feel that if I ever did adjust to prison, I could by that alone never adjust to society.

Debates must take place in an atmosphere of courtesy.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians.

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

The goal of life is god realisation.

I think just as a person, if you say you follow Christ, you have to stand up for the injustices that are going on in the world.