“These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em.”

“If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of a light," Ma considered. "We didn't lack for light when I was a girl before this newfangled kerosene was ever heard of.""That's so," said Pa. "These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraph and kerosene and coal stoves--they're good things to have, but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em.”

“Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too inflexible, waste too much time, and have too many stupid people.”

“They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!”

“Every time you warm yourself in front of a hot coal stove, remember the coal miners in the cold dark corridors and pray for them!”

“The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well.”