A holiday cocktail party is where some stranger will learn more about you in an hour than your spouse has learned in a lifetime.

I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand.

An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing.

What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion.

In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

Alexandros of Antioch took a block of marble and chiseled away from it everything that was not his masterpiece, the Venus de Milo. If you will chisel away one fault from your character every day, you may discover - a) that you're actually a statue of Margaret Thatcher. b) that you're still just a block of marble. c) that there are pigeon droppings on your shoes. d) that you, too, are a hidden masterpiece.