Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted.

Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.

A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.

But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.

Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.

Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they dont apply to you.

Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been.

Logic doesn't stop you feeling. You can behave logically and it can hurt like hell. Or it can comfort you. Or release you. Or all at the same time

Good manners are a sign of strength.

THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the known child.

Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.

Often, we tend to wrap ourselves around him so tight that we neglect our mission, our purpose, our calling, sometimes our children and even our God

So we waited. I felt useless. I felt like I was in the way. I wished I had some nervous habits so I could indulge in them.

A great many problems could be solved by nothing more than a change in thinking.

Pick your friends like you pick your battles

It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to.

In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for the dog.

Failure is something I can deal with. Regret is not.

Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.

The winds are nothing else but good or bad spirits. Hark! how the Devil is puffing and blowing.

No one who had any sense has ever liked school.