The secret belongs only to the Maker of good and faithful dogs.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

It's a great life, if you don't weaken.

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

A man who journeys in the desert finds a guide among the desert people, and he who journeys on the sea trusts seamen.

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.

You mean you don't want to come in and hold my hand while I piss?

A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men.

Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.)

Hell is life drying up.

Larry David makes me laugh.

Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.

Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.

I think one of the reasons that I love the fans that have stuck around, because I really enjoy writing different kinds of songs. I don't know if I write them well or not, but I can write them.