I am still studying verbs and the mystery of how they connect nouns. I am more suspicious of adjectives than at any other time in all my born days.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine.

Depressed states can make us feel like we're constantly fighting against ourselves but we must engage in that fight for ourselves.

The more you give to others, the more you get in return.

When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.

That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss?

Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.

My musical style has changed dramatically from my first album until now. That's the real developmental shift. But my clothing has pretty much stayed the same. The important thing is to be real.

Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.