If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

Community life is not easy for somebody like me, who is used to living by himself and doing what he wants. It's a demanding life, and you quickly get in touch with your own handicaps and weaknesses.

It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower.

We can speculate. Last time I checked, the future doesn't take my advice.

The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

With my Les Paul, I know I'm small. But I enjoy living anyway.

There are no shortcuts. NONE.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

As all entrepreneurs will say, "surround yourself with good people". That is the hardest thing : finding good people.

I played volleyball for the greater part of my life, since I was 11 or 12 years.