I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Teaching comes through the head, learning happens through the heart.

I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time.

Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority.

A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.

There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they were like, 'What?

Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

I didn't know much about golf growing up.