Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.

If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.

Before the bud swells, before the grass springs, before the plough is started, comes the sugar harvest. It is sequel of the bitter frost; a sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter.

I am not going to advocate ... the abandoning of the improved modes of travel; but I am going to brag as lustily as I can on behalf of the pedestrian, and show how all the shining angels second and accompany the man who goes afoot, while all the dark spirits are ever looking out for a chance to ride.

He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.

In fact, the United States is building up its trident nuclear sub fleet in the Pacific, based at Bangor, Washington to build up its capabilities to wage nuclear war.

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.