It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done and do it coolly.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

people will forget what you said, people will forget what you do, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

I'm Used To, Being Used, Not Abused.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.

There will be a great loss of learning before the moon's full cycle is completed. Fire and floods will be fomented by ignorant rulers much time will go by before it is rectified.

I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.

People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HIV diagnosis. People say they are 10- or 15-year survivors and still moving forward.

I had huge ambition for literature. I don't see the point of doing anything if you don't have ambition for it.

Reason and intellect are opening wedges in an understanding of reality.

People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.

My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'