Even if a farmer intends to loaf he gets up in time to get an early start.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep

A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.

Don't be ashamed for lack of knowledge. The real crime is having but not using it

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

We cannot see the beauty of life with our eyes closed. Only when we cry with our eyes open can we begin to shed tears of joy.

Never fails. Every new book I write seems impossible, writes like I'm typing from dictation, edits like I didn't write it, and finishes like I couldn't possibly have written it.

I think what's most interesting about me is the work that I do.

There is the moral spectrum in 'Fargo, ' and you see it in other Coen brothers movies, where you have a very good character on one end and a very bad character on the other.

I don't know what the future may hold for me-or for any of us. But I want you to know that I am a man who likes having critics who are not enemies.

The policies being promoted are insane... If you believe energy poverty is a good thing, you should support controls on carbon emissions. But most of the world disagrees with that.

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

The banyan tree does not mean awakening, nor does the hill, nor the saint, nor the European couple. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.