In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

It's not about money or connections. It's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.

If anything has been accomplished through my life, it has been solely God’s doing, not mine, and He—not I—must get the credit.

These Days, Keeping Anything "Simple" Is The Most "Complex" Task To Do....

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

The offensive presence of Greg Ostertag is quite overwhelming sometimes!

... it takes several years of serious fishing before a man learns enough to go through a whole season with an unblemished record of physical and spiritual anguish.

The challenge, and also what I like most about a big ensemble movie, is that all actors have completely different processes and all of them prefer scenes to be done a different way.

If you throw a lamb chop in the oven, what's to keep it from getting done?

You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.

If you're a drug addict, often you're stealing - I've gotten done for shoplifting a few times.