The sweet reward for preparation often does not come in the youthful twenties or staid thirties. It arrives - with accrued interest - in the mature years.

Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations.

There is a graceless human tendency to wish upon others the ills visited upon oneself. Instead of pointing successors towards short cuts, you relish seeing them clambering through identical hoops.

ARE YOU A MOVIE STAR?Prerequisite for Laziness: Creativity, award winning actor/actress, convincing speech

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.

When you crash into the living God, the encounter is certain to renovate every square inch of your life's boat.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

I'm not creating the universe. I'm creating a model of the universe, which may or may not be true.

Death is only perfect rest.

I guess we cut Michelle Obama's garden. You hear about that? The Democrats are distressed.

Man does not drift into goodness...the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination.