Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

When we don't have the words chocolate can speak volumes.

Guys don't understand great art. They don't care that sometimes the camera has power beyond the photographer to record emotion that only the heart can see. They're threatened when the camera jumps ahead of me. Todd Kovich was pissed when I brought my Nikon to the prom, but I'd missed too many transcendent shots over the years to ever take a chance of missing one again. A prom, I told him, had a boundless supply of photogenic bozos who could be counted on to do something base.

When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike.

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.