No cowboy ever quit while his life was hardest and his duties were most exacting.

Luck is being ready for the chance.

The most beautiful, the most spirited and the most inspiring creature ever to print foot on the grasses of America.

The man for whom history is bunk is almost invariably as obtuse to the future as he is blind to the past.

I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth.

The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil.

When I get ready to explain homemade fascism in America, I can take my example from the state capitol of Texas.

Putting on the spectacles of science in expectation of finding an answer to everything looked at signifies inner blindness.

The boundaries of culture and rainfall never follow survey lines.

The average PhD thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

Light and flow is what shifts the world’s vibration, not the stagnation and resistance that comes with opposition.

But Fate does iron wedges drive, And always crowds itself betwixt.

Is that a baton in your pocket, officer, or are you just happy to see me?

How can we tell people "never give up" when some haven't even started yet.

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.

Ironically, I think action can be the dullest part of movies nowadays - and I love action movies!

You need a story to displace a story.

Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.

Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.

As a society we cannot seem to make peace with nature. As individuals, it's hard for us to be at peace with ourselves.