The music was great for teaching about human nature. but I couldn't do any instruments or play anything. I like to sing. I'd rather sing than eat, but most people would rather hear me eat.

I think to be a good veterinarian, you have to like people.

The true philosopher is a man who says "All right, " and goes to sleep in his armchair.

An observer can’t tell if a person is silent and still because inner life has stalled or because inner life is transfixingly busy.

If I lost the ability to speak, what would my life be saying?

They were just boys. Take away the band, the lights, the fame, and the screaming girls, and they were just boys, chosen for us to obsess over.

I always said I never wanted to write about love, but then I went and did that anyway.

The Bible is full of ordinary people who went to impossible places and did wondrous things simply because they decided to obey God.

Management has to be where the action is.

The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint.

Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity and there is an obligation for society to ensure that every person be able to realize this right.

I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot put away the thought of the Indians and in my ambition I fly to the Rockies.