Anyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch.

...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion.

There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

There are many churches in my name and in the name of my apostles. The greatest and holiest is named after Peter

Chin up, and we'll drown a little slower.

A beautiful smile without any reason is the smile of the existence!

It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.

You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.

one could drown in irrelevance.

I use a lot of double meanings. I hide 'em like Easter eggs.

The measure of true giving is to share with someone who has no platform from which to speak and may never benefit us in any way. After all, isn't that what true love is all about?

It's (Phil Niekro's knuckleball) like watching Mario Andretti park a car.

That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.