Are our lives truly filled with the presence of God? How many things take the place of God in my life each day?
When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.
35 million people in the U. S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.
You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.
My wife, whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious, she'll say, 'Remember, have fun. ' Oh, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Because sometimes we do forget. We take it all too seriously and there's a lot of joy to be had wherever you are.
It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.
I went through a phase where people would introduce me at parties as a cartoonist, and everybody felt sorry for me. 'Oh, Matt's a cartoonist. ' Then people further feeling sorry for me would ask me to draw Garfield. Because I'm a cartoonist, draw Snoopy or Garfield or something.
The chance of a criminal getting caught, is only slightly better than getting hit by lightning.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
What in the world would we do without our libraries?