There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.

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.

Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Mario the Magnificent is Orange!" His eyes sparkle with eagerness as he winks at me.

For a story to be told, it must be told properly, and to tell a story properly, it must be told with respect.

When I was being photographed, I always felt very much in my own skin. That's probably one of the reasons why I enjoy being photographed.

I double-knot my shoe laces. It's a pain untying your shoes afterward-particularly if you get them wet-but so is stopping in the middle of a race to tie them.

Who am I? I'm a man; an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.

My brushes, my cameras, and my willingness to use them.

Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.