Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.

Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?

Jamie, you know, you could go clear around the world and still come home wondering if the tuna fish sandwiches at Chock Full O'Nuts still cost thirty-five cents.

Biding one's time is a very different thing from patience.

Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.

The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth is something to be respected and preserved, but dirt gets no respect. A farmer likes dirt. Suburbanites like to get rid of it. Dirt is the working layer of earth, and dealing with dirt is as much a part of farm life as dealing with manure. Neither is user-friendly but both are necessary.

Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.