From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Where's the man could ease the heart Like a satin gown?

Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives.

Some of my favorite movies are action movies. You want something good to say. That comes from good writing. But writing is not a skill I possess, unfortunately.

What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.

I'm never one to compare shows to shows.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

To recognize causes is to think, and through thought alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin to mature.

I think the reason Jesus is so popular, just on a celebrity level, is that he died at the peak of his career.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.