The healthy life is hardly one marked by an absence of crises. In fact, an individual's psychological health is distinguished by how early he or she can meet crisis.

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.

This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.

In 1930, the death rate for Milwaukee’s blacks was nearly 60 percent higher than the citywide rate, due in large part to poor housing conditions.

Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.

Limbo has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers

I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

There were thirst and hunger, and you were the fruit. There were grief and the ruins, and you were the miracle.

Proceedings at law are sufficiently expensive.