I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

God is in my head, but the devil is in my pants.

I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps.

Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

I have a photographic memory; I just haven't developed it yet.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

I may not be playing with a full deck but I don't need a full deck. I have four aces.

When you wear so many hats in society, you never know who you are. That's the beauty of it. Because once you find out who you are, you're screwed.

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.

I know you can be funny without being filthy.

Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others.

You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.

I hate and love. And why, perhaps you’ll ask.I don’t know: but I feel, and I’m tormented.

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier

Goldfish are flowers ... flowers that move.

I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.

But no temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life...as if into this one mountain mansion Nature had gathered her choicest treasures.

In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.

I was raised in Mississippi, so heat and humidity is my bread and butter. It keeps me going. I can't stand cold weather.