If you loved, sooner or later you always lost; that was the penalty you had to pay for loving. Grief can be endured - somehow. But how poor and bare would be a life which had nothing to grieve over!

Worrying about where to begin puts you in a fair way to waste your life worrying, without getting noticeably closer to beginning.

there are times when the one thing you haven't counts more than all the riches that may be yours.

When people speak of Time's healing magic, they are simply being euphemistic about our human tendency - and perhaps necessity - to forget.

Anybody who is stupid enough often stumbles on an effect that could never be thought up by the most brilliant. I suspect that there is a thing which you might call the genius of stupidity.

... if the Republicans don't bring prosperity, who on earth is going to?

I couldn’t help wondering what it was that made me not good enough. It was a familiar feeling. I’d had it off and on my entire life.

Those that would attain wisdom, prefer the empty stadium.Those who wish to appear wise, prefer it full.

Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music

Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark.

Things bloosom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.

Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just IT. Some women will stay in a man's memory if they once walked down a street.

How can I come from a nation? How can a human being come from a concept?

As a child, I was an imaginary playmate.