History is a record of human nature in action.

A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.

History is a story of violence at work. It all comes down to the old saw that, however much you can gain with a kind word, you can gain more with a kind word and a gun.

If the devil ever raised a garden, the Everglades was it.

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.

Violence is the most elemental truth of life. It's the central shaper of history, the ultimate determiner of whether A or B is going to get his way.

He would know a number of grown women in his life who did not possess even a small portion of the grace his middle sister owned at the age of fourteen.

The only things you can ever truly own cannot be bought with money.

Some of us are always in the borderlands no matter where we might be on the map.

Pride has traditionally been regarded as the foremost of the Seven Deadly Sins, but it has rather obviously been overtaken by Greed.

There's an old saying, " Buck said. "A hundred things can go wrong in a holdup, and if you can think of fifty of them you're a damn genius.

I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn.

The Cuban people must know that they have a friend and partner in the United States of America.

I always start my breakfast out with oatmeal, because it's full of vitamin D, it's a great carb, and you can get, like, some fun flavors in there.

Nothing beats performing live. For me, there's nothing better.

Some readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You know, that's interesting, but I wonder what your maid's perspective was on that.

I'm very dedicated to the things I do.

A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme.

Luke was a little boy in a growing body that felt pain and sadness and fear for his mum, and he always believed he would be safe with his dad.

My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with 'Crank That,' and I lost a Grammy to Kanye West, but it was still such a big deal for me to be nominated anyway.