But the living must fear death, or they would not struggle to stay alive. from 'The Fallen Kings.

Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom .... These are the beginnings of sorrows.

One of the great benefits of being married is always having someone to tie one's tie.

But the living must fear death, or they would not struggle to stay alive.

War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything?

The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you'll get back from the most unexpected sources.

No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you. They that go up in their own estimation must come down again by His discipline

Mistakes are their own instructors

I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.

You wanna fight?" I asked. He looked up at me and, for just a second, hesitated, then said, "Yeah. I do." "Well, I'll save you the trouble. You win.

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer.

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.