An aristocrat in morals as in mind.

Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'

When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.

When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.

It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.

It may be that them whose pleasure brings you into this world owes you a living, but it don't mean the world is responsible.

I thought there should in truth be heavy damages for malpractice on human souls.

But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.

With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.

Forgive my asking you to use your mind. It is a thing which no novelist should expect of his reader...

Be the author, not the reader, of your own life.

Eat clean to stay fit, have a burger to stay sane.

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

The 2006 federal Internet gaming statute is not ambiguous. It does not prohibit gambling on fantasy sports.

I used to find that I could get mental serenity surrounded by chaos.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits.

The days of idealism had gone. Only life was left.

Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whatever it touches.

Care I for the limb, the thews, the stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man! Give me the spirit.