Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.

. . . if you can't see the good man he is, you need to unscrew them eyeballs of yours and try on a different pair.

Only your thoughts can bring you happiness.

My family lives a pretty normal life.

All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects.

I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

Man must not only make himself: the weightiest thing he has to do is to determine what he is going to be. He is causa sui to the second power.

I'm a writer who just happens to draw.

When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on the front lines.