What is the fire in our belly but the eternal flame of a thousand ancestors.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same.

It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions.

For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studdedwheelchair.

Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better.

Fixing things requires change and change always creates conflict. But that is why you are a leader.

A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.

The Dance - it is the rhythm of all that dies in order to live again; it is the eternal rising of the sun.

When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in the story not thinking about who wrote it.

In the national security establishment, it is somewhat frowned upon for people to take extremely harsh partisan roles in campaigns.

I think [Phil Wood] didn't suffer fools gladly, but he loved supporting young people that loved the music.

Trees have as much individuality as human beings. Not even two spruces are alike. There is always some kink or curve or bend of bough to single each one out from its fellows.

Change the conversation of the world by dwelling on what's gone right.