The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead In fact maybe there is a lesson there for how we should approach the future...with fourteen parts optimism - anticipating what could go right and the benefits - and one part pessimism - anticipating what could go wrong so we can avoid them.

It is a perversely human perception that animals in their native habitat are running wild.

The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope — or at least give it 48 hours.

There are many things I do for amusement, but for happiness I like to gather up my memories and go for a walk in the rain.

A bottle of wine Still to be drunk, A bundle of thoughts Still to be thunk.

Life is not fair, nor has it ever been, but the morning seems determined to dawn until it is.

Ever get the feeling that sometime early in your life there must have been a briefing that you missed?