You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

A valuable friend is one who'll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Too often we forget that genius ... depends upon the data within its reach that Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions.

All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.

I agree with Donna Brazile who said about Benghazi: "We got to preven dis from hapinin agen. "

Pain only matters when it happens to someone important.

I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am.

In life there are no Unities, but three Incomprehensibles: Destiny, Man, and Woman.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast born, To signify thou camest to bite the world.