We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.

It's time to stop producing stuff, and start producing fun.

I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me.

Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse.

It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.

The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known.

Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.

God is the reason I’m surviving, but he’s sure used you in my life wonderfully. I love you.

A well lived life means weathering a few storms. Our lessons don't come from sunny days on the beach, they come from copping a few waves on the head.

I am able to really enjoy the positive attention I receive.

Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place.

Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? • • • • You think It's a happy beat?

I feel God when I find myself in a situation which spontaneously opens me to the larger reality that exists all around.

Of course, I will keep myself fit, keep my boots clean and you never know.

I'm no angel, but I'm no Bo-Beep either.

Why is it always the world? Why is it never just half a block? Or Jersey? You know, something we could live without?

If you find a job you love, you'll never work again.