Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

The chief source of problems is solutions.

Words themselves become beings, sentences becomenatural vegetation to be guided by the gardener's hands.

Most problems are caused by solutions.

Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle: "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.