“We’re all born bald, baby.” — American actor Telly Savalas (1922-1994) Pay no attention to the picture. Like a lot of men, I’ve been dealing with a hairy …

“Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.” — American writer Susan Sontag, 1933-2004 As we …

“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” — American …

“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there …

“Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago.” — English actor and writer Tom Baker (1934-)   Leave it to Baker, …

“Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago.” — English actor and writer Tom Baker (1934-) Leave it …

“Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it, I know not. God knows.” — German-British composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) on composing the “Hallelujah …

"When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums.” — American artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987)   One of the great things about the emergence and growth of the internet is …

“In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other’s homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day …

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” …

“An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with …

“The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.” — American businessman and …

“It’s like déjà vu all over again.” — Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, coach and manager Yogi Berra (1925-2015)   “It was a tragedy,” conceded Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat …

“One never knows, do one?” — American jazz pianist, organist, composer and singer Fats Waller (1904-1943)  Long a lover of old school American jazz, I’ve always been a fan of Fats …

“You get guys around a campfire, and they start telling their stories. That’s the fellowship that they want to be in.” — American author John Eldridge (1960-)   Sometimes, the best …

“…When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore…” — “That’s Amore,” Dean Martin, 1953.   There’s been a lot of songs written and sung about love, …

“The first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color. Often at night there is lightning, …

“If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you’ll be …

“I look at baseball as a game. It’s something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.” — Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray (1914-1998)   I’ve been …

“The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.” — U.S. Olympic cyclist John Howard (1947-)   There is a saying that goes, “Once you learn to ride a bicycle you never …