This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

When you believe in yourself sufficiently and are confident that everything that you desire is inside you then you will possess the ability to produce all that you wish for.

We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service, ' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well?

Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority.

One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out

First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.

Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.

To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.

The heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old!-- The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.