Conventional wisdom is no wisdom at all. Conventional wisdom is taking somebody else's word for the way things are It's the followers of this world who rely on assumption. Not the leaders.

Popularity is not leadership.

There is only one kind of failure I cannot tolerate: the failure to risk failure.

For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You make the opponent react to you.

The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.

Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.

Knives are like credit cards; don't leave home without 'em and always carry several

What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend them.

Have character, but don't be a character.

I don't follow the thought; "Winning is not important, playing the game is". If that is in fact true; then why do we keep score??

Shoot first and ask questions not at all

Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart.

At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

Shall I let in the stranger, Shall I welcome the sailor, Or stay till the day I die? Hands of the stranger and holds of the ships, Hold you poison or grapes?

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.

I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

What's worked for me is not quitting and being passionate about what I do and not giving up - and when I don't believe in myself, turning to others who believe in me.

What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.

I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss.