Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Our house was always filled with dogs... They helped make our house a kennel, it is true, but the constant patter of their filthy paws and the dreadful results of their brainless activities have warmed me throughout the years.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

We may be living in the twentieth century, in resplendent sophistication. But deep down, most of us find ourselves still in the Stone Age of superstition.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.