Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

Sometimes it's not just your favorite song. It's your untold story.

At my first tournament, about four years ago, I got four twos. Now I have a poker problem. I do win every so often, so that's what keeps me going.

Anyone who presumes to teach art has no understanding of it.

Radiance belongs to being considered precisely as beautiful: it is, in being, that which catches the eye, or the ear, or the mind, and makes us want to perceive it again

If the tools are bad, nature's voice is muffled. If the tools are good, nature will give us a clear answer to a clear question.

A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.

I've always felt that if I worked hard enough and continued to refine my craft, while staying curious about our times and our world, I just might have something to contribute.

It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income.

To evangelize properly by delivering the gospel, we need to follow God's agenda.

You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually having a day of reckoning.