Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Out of worship and out of love he would let no one light the stove for her either, as if he would be the warmth and the fire to dry and warm her feet.

When you expand a business as fast as McDonald's did, part of the strength you have is the process and the efficiency.

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool.

I did not know from a scientific perspective why I did not believe in evolution - but I knew from a Biblical perspective it had to be wrong or my faith was in trouble.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

Ten years from now you'll laugh at whatever's stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?