I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.

Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

Sometimes to keep it together you've got to leave it alone.

The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

There are people in your life who've come and gone, they let you down and hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you, life goes on, you keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside.

Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun.

It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

Two things I ask of my God today. That my faith be hoisted high like a kite up in the sky and my fear be buried deeply like a carcass into the soil.

Sharing our story is one way we create intimacy. And like a good novel, it’s more engaging – and lasting – when we allow it to gradually unfold.

Then, in that case, all the rest, all that I thought I thought and all that I felt I felt, all the rest before me now, in fact... O, give it up old chap! Sleep it off!

The United States government has always been proud of the welcome it has extended to good men of every nation, seeking freedom and homes and bread.

When you are here and now, sitting totally, not jumping ahead, the miracle has happened. To be in the moment is the miracle.

Your short-term memory really is shot! It must drive you nuts!!

Historically in every recovery, because the president rightly did inherit a recession. But historically, the lagging indicator always deals with employment.

I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.

The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.

Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.