Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

And sure, I know if you eat this way you'll die. So? If you don't eat this way you're still going to die. Why not die happy?

About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!

As one old gentleman put it, " Son, I don't care if you're stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you're all right with me. It's the music we make that counts.

Always trust your fellow man. And always cut the cards. Always trust God. And always build your house on high ground. Always love thy neighbor. And always pick a good neighborhood to live in.

The gift was not large as money goes, and my need was not great, but the spirit of the gift is beyond price and leaves me blessed and in debt.

Everything I need to know... I learned in kindergarten.

Until you have experienced raccoons mating underneath your bedroom at three in the morning, you have missed one of life's sensational moments.

Don't Believe Everything You Think!

You need some coffee, don't you?""Yes, I've only had a gallon.

Sometimes the media says, well, this state had an election, it's the end of the campaign. It is not. We have dozens of more states to go. We're feeling good about the future.

Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent and you feel those people filling your lives.

Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things.

When you transcend the transcendent states, you get past the ego structure, and at that point you don't need laws, you have "morality!" You have inborn, natural ethics, because it is built on Love.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The word love carries the same vibration in any language. You probably know this guy, you probably had dinner with him yesterday. The Japanese water crystal guy?

When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.

To tell you the honest-to-God truth: without Scientology, I would be dead. So, I can personally highly recommend it.

I never went too long without a job. The problem was a lot of the early jobs are almost more demoralizing than unemployment.