I have a great deal of mind. It takes a long time to change it.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

And The Monster Said "Pity The Broken Child As In You Pity The Insane

When times change, so must we.

The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.

We cannot survive spiritually with one foot in the Church and the other in the world.

I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use props. And I always confuse humorist with comedian. That's strange.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

You cannot poison what is between us with your foul words. She is my light in the darkness and Johnny is my pathway ahead.

It takes a Real man to fill my shoes.

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.