A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander to put his signature to a paper ending a war when we did not win it.

American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we've never known what to do with this part of the Bible. The more we succeed, the more we're seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future.

At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

Every time I see a bluebird, I say, well, hey, all this hard work is all worth while.