"I try to associate myself as just being myself - and being a person, an American citizen, going out there every day and just trying to be successful."

“In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.”

Source : "Mahaffy". P. 79. Book by W. B. Stanford and R. B. McDowell, 1971.

“Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”

“Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats.”

Source : Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.197, Bantam

“People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.”

Source : "Leila Josefowicz: The thrill of the new". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2010.

“O that our prelates would be as diligent to sow the corn of good doctrine, as Satan is to sow cockle and darnel!”

Source : Hugh Latimer (1978). “Selected Sermons of Hugh Latimer”, p.42, Associated University Presse

“If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog.”

“Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.”

“Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities of another world. And they draw the interest of delight and refreshment according to the measure of their investment. These are usually quaint folk, other-worldly in their manner, but capable of comprehending the idiosyncrasies of Nature as she displays them in a tree and bush and passing season, across the skyline and in the infinite zenith. These, moreover, are the successful gardeners.”