I wanted to be a jockey.

My family is a part of my life and everything is all a mixture of enjoyment.

I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.

I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.

The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.

Once you're in, you're in. It's like the Mafia. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee.

I like tall girls because I like someone to look up to.

The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.

Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare. All your sins punished. I can offer you...an escape.

I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.

I only bet on what's dearest to a man's heart. Else there is no way to tell if he's bluffing. What a man is willing to risk or not to risk, that's a measure of his soul.

The emptiness that fills in when once-the-beloved says, "Who are you?

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.

I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal.

A nation usually renews its youth on a political sick-bed, and there finds again the spirit which it had gradually lost in seeking and maintaining power.

On the other side of resistance is the flow of real life.

Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously.

Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.

Though I feared I would have no progress when I put down the drink, [my writing] hasn't changed. The creative search, and the fragments that I collect, reflects that.

I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.

When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.