The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.

You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.

Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.

Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.

A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.

The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair.

I don't know the difference between a warm color and a cool one.

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

It all depends what you mean by.

I'm definitely on the pursuit of perfection...I will always be learning.

Reading functions as hallucinating a meaning between letters and lines.

Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles. [Lat., Versus inopes rerum, nugaeque canorae.]

Any free meal is a good meal, you know?

I didn't plan on being a comedian. I didn't plan on getting married and I didn't plan on having kids, but I did all those things.

I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment - the sober second thought - of the people.

I'm the top of the food chain and well...you're the food.