I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.

Hey ma, your bad boy did good!

I give in to nothing or nobody. Cut me, break my bones, it was all the same.

I don't know, I'm not from this neighborhood."-to Jake LaMotta after a night of drinking when LaMotta asked "is that the sun or the moon?

I never stole nuttin' unless it began with an 'A' - A truck, a car, a payroll...!

The fight for survival is the fight

Everybody who is young is promising. The world should sue the young for breach of promise.

But of these things I must not now speak. I will tell only of the lone tomb in the darkest of the hillside thickets.

These memories are part of my heritage, the fabric of my personality, and as real to me as the land itself.

Travel spoils you for regular life.

Sometimes I think I’m the last remaining person who goes to the shows for the pleasure of seeing the clothes, rather than desperately wanting to be there for the social side

The solar system is off center and consequently man is too.

As I've gotten older, my mannerisms are more and more like my mom's. Also, she was an educator - she's extremely passionate about education and children. I guess I inherited that in some way.

I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.

Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost.

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.

When you depart from me sorrow abides and happiness takes his leave.