I have often observed that extremely violent noise and activity go with good-fellowship and heightened spirits.

Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room

There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.

We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth

Compulsion is the death of friendship.

We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

Jack, you've debauched my sloth.

Nobody ever washes a rental car.

It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world.

I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

I think mp3s are great if you are unknown and trying to get started. It's a good way to get your music out and about. But for those who are established, it's not good at all.

The past is made out of facts...I guess the future is just hope.

I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.

Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from different directions.

Internet is radio for a lot of people. It's a place to get music and hear music, and no amount of clamping down will change that.

Every time the Russians throw an American in jail, the Committee throws an American in jail to get even.

Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.