It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.

Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other.

The (atomic) soul is mortal, and the best life is the one with the least pain and the most pleasure.

All I want you to do is rock. That'll be forever, man.

If Carl Hiaasen and Donald Westlake had a literary love child, he would be Timothy Hallinan.

I use a computer. I don't know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I'm pretty good on the computer.

As I slowly grow wise I briskly grow cautious.

It shouldn't be a Republican or Democratic issue whether we take care of the environment. That should be a human issue.

Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves.

What need is there to say more? The childish work for their own benefit, The Buddhas work for the benefit of others. Just look at the difference between them.

Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.