Winter does adversely affect [the roads] and our roads have been let go, so they're more and more porous. We're going to have to put more and more emphasis on permanent patch and maintenance, so I expect a great deal of roads breaking up in the spring.

The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.

Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

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.

The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a moment in the sunlight, then dive back in a graceful arc. There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.

I'd always been a great fan of George Orwell.

You know when I was depressed I said I didn't want to live? Well, I'll tell you something - I didn't want to die.