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

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

The future ain't what it used to be.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.