The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I'll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.

But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.

The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.

Home is the nicest word there is.

No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.

It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.

Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.

If your temper is violent towards your brothers and sisters in the Lord, whose kingdom are you trying to build?

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.

Any hack can safely rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea; but a good writer is a critic of the society he lives in.

I have to prove myself five times over.

You can do anything you want to do.

The first twelve years are the hardest.

I do believe that we’re in a true golden era of television, and I think it started with Hill Street.

Every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints. And he can't wear gloves to hide them.

One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.