Warning...well-loved stories are habit forming...

Having no curiosity can be a dangerous thing..

The one thing no one can ever take from you is your education…

Reading doesn't put you to sleep... it makes you dream...

God's beauty is better by far than anything that comes out of a jar..

A museum is a place where nothing was lost, just rediscovered…

Closing a museum to save money is like holding your breath to save oxygen...

To preserve the past is to save the future...

We must believe that there are places where tranquility exists and nature is given back her power to speak...

We must believe there are places where tranquility still exists and nature is given back her power to speak

To rid oneself of the past is to forgo the future...

Tom. Tom, look at me. Has Nora agreed to marry you?""No, but she will because she has to.

Xander Harris: Hair. Red. Red is good. Fire engines are red. Porsche's are red.

When you strive for excellence in leadership, then you will excel as a leader.

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.

The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.

I've always tried to be funny, or stupid, or whatever. I love making people laugh and I think it comes quite naturally to me.

Constructive complaint requires only two things: that what you are complaining about should be different, and that it can be different. It sounds simple, but too often our protests fail this test.

Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?

I would fain die a dry death.

I am a man of simple tastes-I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.