“To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.”

“Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.”

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

“Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.”

“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”

“A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.”

“I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try...”

“I can resist everything except temptation.”

“Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is we'll find it.”