I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Architecture is definitely a political act.

~Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it's just as important to sit down and ask my son how he's feeling or talk to him about life.~

The role of any exceptional facilitator or consultant is to work themselves out of a job.

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics

Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.

You know, there's a great saying in Texas - you've all heard it - "all hat and no cattle." Well, after seven years of George Bush, we need a lot less hat and a lot more cattle.

God created you to do him some particular service. He has given some work to you that he has not given to another. You have your mission. You shall do good.

I put myself into character for my songs.

You can never be too old or too young to be attracted to someone. I still remember my first crush back in grade school.

There's no happy ending to cocaine. You either die, you go to jail, or else you run out.