A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

I'm that person everyone replaces after a while.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

Everything I do is about setting up for the next. I think that my confidence and belief in myself as well as the music and trusting my judgment of my songs really grew the most.

To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.

The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.

What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another.