Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.

No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical.

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.

It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

Well begun is half done.