I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

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

Humility is attentive patience.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again...