History is the invention of historians.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

With faith and obedience practiced long enough, the Holy Ghost becomes a constant companion, our natures change, and endurance becomes certain.

It wasn't until my last year of college, 1976, that I decided well, maybe he's right. Delbert had been pushing me since high school to put 100% into my music.

God bless America. And no place else.

Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell.

New York has a trip-hammer vitality which drives you insane with restlessness if you have no inner stabilizer.

One can't help but be a bit melancholy when you see how the world has changed, and I don't mean that nostalgically.

People don't bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking!

I wanted to jeopardize my own image. With my image I had already produced art pieces such as videos of photographs.

Every liberal in the country must watch Fox News for one year, and every conservative in the country must watch MSNBC for one year. (Middle-of-the-roaders could stick with CSI)

I have enough to last for the rest of my life.