I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

The deep roots never doubt spring will come.

This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.

I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.

I called my mom, and I was so excited. I was telling her, 'I'm going to be on the Grand Ole Opry! This is crazy!' And she told me, 'Watch out for Jimmy Dickens, because he likes the pretty girls.

I was just glad to get the Grammy. I didn't know what the thing was. It's the honor what I loved.

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.

If your energy body is in full vibrancy, the physical body will naturally fix itself.

It seems to me that there are two great enemies of peace - fear and selfishness.

People teach what they most need to learn.

I was a gymnast for twelve or thirteen years. Then I got into surfing and now I paddle board and hike and do whatever I can. I think it's my love of the outdoors.