Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

On the bank of an ocean, let your mind fly in the cloudless sky while your heart enjoys the love of the sun.

Don't assume that God will bless you with what you desire just because He knows your thoughts.You must ask for these blessings and act.

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.

Quentin Crisp said it to me; now I say it to you: say yes to everything.

Cry my eyes out for days upon days Such a heaven burden placed upon me

God's promises are not fortune cookies. We do not use them in order to get a spiritual "fix" for the day.