As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

But some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

Be that self which one truly is.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.