Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it.

Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds.

How happy is the sailor's life, from coast to coast to roam; in every port he finds a wife, in every land a home.

Hope! thou nurse of young desire.

But if I'm content with a little, Enough is as good as a feast.

Young fellows will be young fellows.

The greatness that would make us grave, Is but an empty thing. What more than mirth would mortals have? The cheerful man's a king.

The reasons for food insecurity are many and varied. But part of the problem is the global farming systems.

The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

If I gave America any kind of hope or any kind of inspiration, I really want to say thank you for allowing me to continue doing that week after week.

Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.

My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.

So much of the pain we feel is based on resistance to what we can't change. Allowing yourself to let go and feel how you feel in the moment is a blissful thing.

I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.

One of my favorite activities as a teen-ager was to watch television over the phone with my best friend.

The overwhelming pressure of mediocrity, sluggish and indomitable as a glacier, will mitigate the most violent, and depress the most exalted revolution.

When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.