The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

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

Courage is grace under pressure.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

The lifestyle I`ve been living for the last 30 years, I could have been dead a thousand times.

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

A good liar must have a good memory.

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

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

A person preaches well that lives well.

Give up trying to make me give up

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.