I'm too young, too smart and too good-looking to die.

Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.

By understanding the nuances of the world around you and how to survive the temptations, you can rule anything. Even yourself

He was Death, and he'd ridden in on a pale horse...

You can’t buy time, Nick. Ever. It’s the only thing in life you can’t get most of, and it’s the one thing that will mercilessly tear you up when it’s gone. It takes no pity on no soul and no heart.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel... its poverty by how little.

Nick‘s eyes widened as a total state of befuddled huh possessed him. Was he in theTwilight Zone?

Have you taught her to kill, Priest? Can you teach her such a thing? She's so wise in her innocence, so innocent in her wisdom.

The arts give us our identity as a community; they also draw new people, fresh visions, and renewable economic opportunity to our community.

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.

The overcoming power is God's; the overcoming privilege is ours!

Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s.

When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.

Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.

Eagerness to please attracts bullies and bores.

There's still plenty of lead in this pencil, but I only write to one person now.

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.