I have had a few gentlemen let me know they find my manly beardiness somewhat alluring. Never any ladies though.

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Love is the ultimate style.

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

What is all your studying worth, all your learning, all your knowledge, if it doesn't lead to wisdom? And what's wisdom but knowing what is right, and what is the right thing to do?

It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is.

If you believe it's life or death for the kids, it changes everything you do.

Walking in high heels should be made an Olympic sport.

Presidents tend to tinker, you know, and mess everything up.

Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation!

I honestly believe that with a strong mind, you can literally 'will' the ball into the hole.