If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them.

Never knew a man not to be improved by a dog.

Time just seems to fly away for a boy. That, I s’pose, is why one day you wake up suddenly and you ain’t a boy any longer.

Texan is what you are, not what you were or might be.

Any time a boy is ready to learn about guns is the time he’s ready, no matter how young he is, and you can’t start too young to learn how to be careful.

You might as well learn that a man who catches fish or shoots game has got to make it fit to eat before he sleeps. Otherwise it’s all a waste and a sin to take it if you can’t use it.

A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

Life is a flowing river. We came from earth and water. We will go back there after the magic of life.

Plenty are the tastes and plenty are the paths.

A psychiatrist does not want you to wake up. He tells you to dream some more, to find the pond and pour more tears into it. And really, he's just another bird drinking from your misery.

I don't ask you to love me always like this but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside of me there will always be the person I am tonight.

There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.

If I've done anything, I've brought passion to television.

Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.

You might say that science operates pragmatically and religion by divine guidance. If valid, they would reach the same conclusions but science would take a lot longer.

People tell me they idolise me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a very tortured soul.