I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t matter.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

Have tea, might write, ” Laura returned.

I think she is beautiful, but in a way that is not friendly, like in a way that just makes me want her to be mine.

Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut.

In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.

As long as thanks is possible, then joy is always possible.

There's a hunger and a fervor that I have, but there's no person I'm going to push to the side to get where I'm going. I want to create my own road.

John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

My view is, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter, my view is I'm in Washington to try to work with people.

Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.