"I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California."

"I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled."

"I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family."

"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'"

"He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest."

"The art of living is discovering that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have."

"Wisdom principle 70 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 40."