Beer. It always seems like such a good idea at the time, doesn't it? What's worse is beer seems like an even better idea after you've had some beer.

Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there's not even the smallest part of you now that was part of you seven years ago.

Especially in quail hunting, where the hunter is so focused on the bird that it makes everything else blurry. The bottom line in terms of bird hunting is what we call shooting zones.

We only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding.

Texas has no system in place, and what you have is chaos.

I'm the living embodiment of 'it could be worse'.

Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.

I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.

I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them.

We live in a very inspirational point in time. Things are progressing faster and further than ever before. What inspires me most is the world we live in adapting at such a rapid rate.

History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.

Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once.

Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best.

I could send you a bone with a file in it, only you'd eat it.

Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.