The true definition of a perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year.

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

"Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

Garden: One of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants operated by charity-minded amateurs in an effort to provide healthful, balanced meals for insects, birds and animals.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.

You do not sew with a fork and I see no reason why you should eat with knitting needles.

You learn almost as much about a thinker from what he reads—in particular, what he likes and what he disdains—as from what he writes himself.

Everything in the seen world is a dim reflection or representation of the unseen world.

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

If you love people enough, they will give you everything.

When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.

I think the human mind is fascinating. I love figuring out why people are doing what they do.

Even I haven't downed enough L.A. Kool-Aid to believe that somehow Hollywood movies are an overt instrument of morality.

Of human work none but what is bad can be perfect in its own bad way.

Tremble not before the free man, but before the slave who has chains to break.

A home is still the biggest asset that most Americans own.