A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Once you label me you negate me.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Nothing is black or white.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

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

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Genius is sorrow's child.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

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