A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.

Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know.

The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest.

When performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called success.

A day’s pay for a day’s work is more than adequate when both the work and the pay are appreciated as much as they are expected.

One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.

Anyone who comes into your office with an idea, and it may be the silliest idea in the world, listen to them and never ridicule them.

The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.

We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.

Sea spaghetti looks like dark fettuccine and has a similar texture - you can get it in health food stores or online.

Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.

The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple.

As God as my witness, they said, We're above the law. There's nothing you can do to us. You're just a church secretary.

The bigger the city is, the less infrastructure you need per capita.

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

I love the idea of farm to table and farmer's markets. I enjoy a meal more if I know I'm eating something that's good quality and good for me.

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.

God is not a vending machine where if you put in enough prayer quarters we get a Reese's Pieces bag that pops out.

Whether we appreciate it or not, we live out our lives surrounded by an intricate pattern of social connections... We're all embedded in this network; it affects us profoundly and we may be unaware of its existence, of its effect on us.

My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.

I will continue to work as hard as I can to make this organization proud. Every time I step on the field I will give everything I have and I will leave everything I have on the field every single Sunday.

The more socially intelligent you are, the happier and more robust and more enjoyable your relationships will be.

I think if you come straight on honest as much as you can, eventually that turns into success. Maybe not as quick as you'd like.

Overall, women are a lot more fun to work with than a bunch of men.

There are varieties of Spanglish. There's Spanglish spoken by Cuban Americans in Miami called cubonics is different from Mexican American Spanglish, but thanks to the Internet, thanks to radio and television, thanks to what is happening in the classrooms, in the streets in the restaurants, we are finding a middle ground.

Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994 - not long after the arrival of the first casino - many of North Gulfport's streets still lack curbs, sidewalks, and gutters.

Love is eternal the aspect may change but not the essence.

I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.