I'm pushing 60 years of age...and that's enough exercise for me.

God made all the animals in a single day; he could have swept them all away in the flood and re-created them in one day when they were again needed. Therefore it was an odd idea to save specimens of them for eleven months in the ark, whilst aware that eight persons could not feed or water them by any human possibility. If they were to be preserved by miracle, the ark was not necessary - to let them swim would have answered the purpose and been more indubitably miraculous.

The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.

In the small town of Hannibal, Missouri, when I was a boy, everybody was poor, but didn't know it; and everybody was comfortable and did know it.

The Bible is a wonderful book; you can prove anything you want with it.

Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.