I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!

Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced -- true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering in a day.

But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!

It does not take a man to stand with the strong, it takes a man to stand with the weak and oppose the strong.

Yet if all reality is subjective, all certitude is impossible.

Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls.

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

When I joined the Tour I studied the best players to see what they did that I didn't do. I came to the conclusion that the successful players had the Three Cs: Confidence, Composure, Concentration.

Life is a sheet of paper white / Whereon each one of us may write / His word or two, and then comes night.

To me our music is like Jamaican stuff - if they can't hear it, they're not supposed to hear it. It's not for them if they can't understand it.

Moving slowly enables us to learn faster.

If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.