In hell there is no retention.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Every goal has a road block

No matter how cold this world gets, please don't lose touch of morality and allow it to turn your heart cold.

It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends.

People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.

You can take my cars or my house, just don't mess with my clothes.

Everything depends on a good job - strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.

In a way, technologies have negated the transcendental God in order to invent the machine-God. However, these two gods raise similar questions.

I only write books about dead people. They can't sue.

I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.