Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.

A human being feels able and competent only so long as he is permitted to contribute as much as or more than he has contributed to him.

Getting married is an adventure. Because when you're getting married, you're doing something you don't know anything about. Did you ever think of that?

Well I don't know that I'm okay any more than anyone else is okay, I lead a happy life and a very full one - I have a happy marriage and my kids are all cheerful, and no one is finding fault with me, personally.

Now if we can get white population, immigrants and big companies and so on moving into Africa and if we can get with that Scientology well established in Southern Africa, why we can then look forward to a salvage operation base, in case the northern hemisphere's lights go out.

When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.

My own verse is usually free verse. The freer the better.