Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.
I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.
There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
If your parents never had children, chances are. . . neither will you.
As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
Great humorists are great insulters.
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today don't always know what's going on or how they fit in, and if someone walks up to them and says, 'Hey, kid: If you listen to me I'll give you power and a sense of purpose,' it can hold tremendous appeal.
Being a warrior doesn’t mean winning or even succeeding. It means risking and failing and risking again, as long as you live.
Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them.
If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without expecting anything in return, then the world becomes a beautiful place.