A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The greatest knowledge is to know thy Creator and thy soul.

We all know in our mind what we want, but nobody know exactly what we Get.

There is nothing more secure in a relationship than a sense of insecurity.

I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.

Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.

The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.

Either we win this election or we're going to lose our country, because 4 more years of [Barack] Obama, you can't take it.

I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.

Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

I don't think we're actually using the constitutional tools that we have in an appropriate fashion.