What is my proudest accomplishment? I went through some pretty difficult times, and I kept my sanity.

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.

Life is not a popularity contest.

An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.

A church without a missions or a mission without the church are both contradictions. Such things do exist, but only as pseudostructures

A life that most people will never even know about can be yours in this study, but only if you approach it with equanimity, poise, grace, balance, and professionalism.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

Very often, you know, you stop walking because you say, 'Well, I'm tired of climbing this hill. I'm never going to get to the top.' And you're only two steps from the top.

If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.

Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.