What you need for breakfast, they say in East Tennessee, is a jug of good corn liquor, a thick steak and a hound dog. Then you feed the steak to the dog.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

It was cold out there, bitter, biting, cutting, piercing, hyperborean, marmoreal cold, and there were all these Minnesotans running around outdoors, happy as lambs in the spring.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

...Pomeranians speak only to Poodles and Poodles speak only to God.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.

Do not allow a lack of one's own talent or confidence shackle the door prior to even opening it." (Ginger Susanoo, 2018).

The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.

It is only impossible because one hasn't put one's whole mind and heart in it.

Every song is like a painting.

I love nature and enjoy learning new skills.

I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.

Why are you doing this to me? What kind of country did I save in my previous life?

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?

There was never any question about his (Enos Slaughter) courage. He proved it by getting married four times.