We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

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

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

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

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

Freedom is from within.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

A good liar must have a good memory.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.