What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

People with Books. What, in 2007, could be more incongruous than that? It makes me want to l

Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine.

The great thing about being an astronaut is you kind of get to do a little bit of everything. I mean, we're going to ride a rocket uphill.

My main focus is to try to give myself time to heal...Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.

It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.

Hating anything in the way of ill-natured gossip ourselves, we are always grateful to those who do it for us and do it well.

If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace.

Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?

My blood is alive with many voices telling me I am made of longing.