Some people say I'm a no count, others say I'm no goodBut I'm just a natural born travelin' manDoin' what I think I should, oh yeahDoin' what I think I should.

Joy to the world All the boys and girls now Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me

Oklahoma is the cultural center of the universe.

If there is any truth to reincarnation, this must be my first trip through, 'cause I don't recognize anything.

Well I've never been to England But I kind of like the Beatles.

I believe in JesusAn' what the Bible saidAn' I am fairly certainHe had himself a heavy head.He scared the lyin' peopleSo bad, they hung him deadAn' they never even listenedTo what he really said.

You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'roundWith tombstones in their eyesBut the pusher don't careAh, if you live or if you die

Work your fingers to the bone and what do you get? Boney fingers.

I know it's wrong, but I'm weak.

Well, I never been to HeavenBut I been to OklahomaWell, they tell me I was born thereBut I really don't rememberIn Oklahoma, not ArizonaWhat does it matter, what does it matter?

You know I've smoked a lot of grassO' Lord, I've popped a lot of pillsBut I never touched nothin'That my spirit could kill.

The duty of planning the morrow's work is today's duty...

Writing is a struggle against silence.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can.

Business owners should not have to choose between violating their faith and violating the law.

Petroleum is the product of a distillation from great depth and issues from the primitive rocks beneath which the forces of all volcanic action lie.

It just seems like, you agree to have a certain personality or something. For no reason. Just to make things easier for everyone. But when you think about it, I mean, how do you know it's even you?

The one thing that Via Dolorosa has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.

The irony is I stopped going to church a few weeks later.

Give your hero a strong simple reason that he or she has to solve the problem right now.