I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.

You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

However stupid a fools words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man.

I am who I am and that's who I am

Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.

There are people who exist in this world not like entities but like the speckles or spots on something.

Never give up on walking right. Something you have to remember is that God’s fulfilled promises take patience and faith! Having faith believes in not what you SEE but what you BELIEVE.

In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.

Every designer has to stand behind and believe in what they are creating.

There's a power that brings us to things, and there's a power that lets us move away from things, from people, places, experiences. And what you learn to do in metaphysics is accept.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.

I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.

I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day

When we went crazy, and we did go crazy on residential real estate, it set things in motion that just - the dominoes started toppling.