I thought if war did not include killing, I'd like to see one every year.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Hope does not take away your problems. It can lift you above them.

The future is plump with promise.

There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always good parents of young adults. As soon as their children get up to some size, it's "Shut up, sit down, you talk too much, keep your distance, I'll send you to Europe!" My mom was a terrible parent of small children but a great parent of young adults. She'd talk to me as if I had some sense.

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.

If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide.