If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell.

I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I won.

Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know.

The only good Indians I ever saw were dead.

I don't care a damn for their guns, or you either, sir! What I want is the Southside Railroad!

Play the gayest tunes in your books, play them loud and keep on playing them, and never mind if a bullet goes through a trombone, or even a trombonist, now and then.

In life you have to avoid three geometric figures - vicious circles, love triangles and square minds

Life is the stuff of miracles.

Once again I am only who I am.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do.

To become immortal, and then to die.

It is the focus on the highest ideal day after day that saves life from being wrapped up in small whirlwinds.

During the times we think we’re being “unproductive,” the seeds of new worlds are germinating within us, and they need peace to grow.

If you see yourself as a "little sinner" you will inevitably see Jesus as a "little savior".

While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance.