I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!

It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.

I like being mistaken for someone useful.

In '87 - four years after 'Sports' was released - my family and I began vacationing in Montana. I soon bought my first piece of land in Ravalli County, in the western part of the state.

I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor.

I was pretty awkward when I was young, but I was never afraid of putting myself out there. I would say stupid things but then they would laugh at me and possibly find it endearing.

I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.

If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.

It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience to hear what other people hear.