How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

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

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

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

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Each soul is potentially divine.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

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

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

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

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.