The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.

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.

Don't be discouraged when your life boils hot. With just a little more toil, you'll reap from the soil. More oil to your elbows. Stay awake and make it happen!

Obama has now lost his trustworthiness. He has lost any hope of majority support from the American people for his agenda. Obamacare has wiped that out. It really has.

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

Let’s never forget that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true.

I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.

The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.

O. J. Simpson has already received the ultimate punishment: For the rest of his life he has to associate with golfers.

A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few.

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body.

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.