I wasted my substance, I know I did, on riotous living, so I did, but there's nothing on record to show I did more than my betters have done.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.

Our creative dreams are subject to grudge-holding when we decide that other people somehow have made their dreams real and we have not.

I knew revenge like the ghost of an old friend." ~ #1001

Friend of mine just told me he used to be a bad alcoholic. I calmed him down. Told him he was a good alcoholic just a horrible drinker.

The congresspersons who are co-sponsoring the bill are being beat up in their districts with negative advertising. We need to go to them and say we understand; we're here to help and on your side.

I love interpreting other people's music.

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Relationships give us a reason to live. Revenge.

The sense that thousands and millions of children and young people are being sexually violated and that there’s this huge silence about it around me angers me.

So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet.