You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.

Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did.

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.

You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper.

I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars.

At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said take one if you want one. The comics were simply a burden to them.

When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions.

A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.

Servant of God well done.

- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.

I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

There's one thing I never did do, and that was stink.

The Lord did not tell us to build beautiful churches, but to evangelize the world

I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.