I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it $40.

You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped.

Time will pass and seasons will come and go.

Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none.

And finally Winter, with its bitin', and whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.

A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and if he does he deserves to be strung up and left for the flies and coyotes

Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale.

Hang 'em first, try 'em later.

And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.

And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun.

The ignorant eschew phenomena but not thought

Believe in Luck only when yo can direct it into a possible outcome

your failure to acknowledge the existence of God makes you worst than the devil.

At 50 you now have realized ?Getting old isn't fair? And that it's hard to make a comeback ?When you haven't gone anywhere

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.

Compassion is the intention to see each human being as no better or worse than yourself, neither more nor less important, and as fundamentally similar to yourself.

I've become more confident in who I am as an artist and as a person. I know what I want and am not afraid to voice it in the studio. Or in life. Take it or leave it!

Most of the really good literature I've read in my life was political, meaning it was important - about something going on in the history of the world - or contemporary.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.