Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

People change and forget to tell each other.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening

Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools, I've got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.

The expectation of happiness creates a lot of unhappiness.

One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.

Some were paid solely for their ability to dream up the unthinkable.

If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.

If you can't be good, be loud.

The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come to Iraq, you can't even drive from the airport to the Green Zone.

The best sketch shows are from a group of tight-knit people whove worked together for a really long time.