“Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.”

“Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken!”

“Shoving feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.”

“A cigarette is like a hamster, harmless until you stick it in your mouth and light it on fire.”

“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.”

“When [what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be best in the world at and what drives your economic engine] come together, not only does your work move toward greatness, but so does your life. For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then, you might gain that rare tranquility that comes from knowing that you’ve had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time here on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.”

“(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.”