The best long range shotgun load to have in one's boat for mallards is a fine retriever.

A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets

Tell me, if you can, of anything that's finer than an evening in camp with a rare old friend and a dog after one's heart.

What are more delightful than one's emotions when approaching a trout stream for the initial cast?

Isn't it strange how people are selective about the truth the want to see or hear?

We have had plenty of atheist presidents; they just wouldn't admit it.

Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't put it down, and don't think readers will, either.

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.

It's all about patience and persistence - you often have to expose a child to a new food numerous times before he or she will begin to like it. So keep trying!

He who searches for his beloved is not afraid of the world.

I'm a happy fellow. I feel very privileged, lucky, that I have had a wonderful life. And that I have been always allowed to do what I love.

The world depends upon the small beating in your heart.