If a tattoo is supposed to make a statement, that kid’s body is just plain babbling.

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.

Some people make tunes, but it is lines that run like moving messages through my head. Whatever else I am saying and doing often has no bearing on this inner, verbal life.

I've been smokin' ever since I was two.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.

God gave us family so that when we have a hard time praying for ourselves, we have others who will pray for us.

I was happy to kind of always scoot under the radar.

Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise.

You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.

There are many people out there who don't even think of themselves as being averse to facts, but the truth is, they are not getting it.