It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than does the euphoric. Perhaps, but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.

We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

Wisdom doesn’t come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.

Proximity to reality induces feelings of emptiness, horror and depression. Do not approach it alone.

Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.

Just because one is born in sin is no reason to brag about it.

Many humans make the mistake of fighting for race when it’s the species driving our genes. And there is only one weapon to fight for species: the brain.

We are all born wise. Unfortunately, we all don’t die that way.

There is nothing more blinding than having seen the light, and nothing more tiresome than sharing it.

Works of art make rules

Sometimes we believe it is truth, not because it is truth but because it has been made truth by law or tradition. Some of those truths are nothing but dogmatized myths

We are all an instrument with a special notation to our individual identity. When you incorporate many beautiful notes together, you envelop a harmonious orchestra.

You don't drown by falling in the water

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'm pleased to be with you. (Pause) That concludes my prepared remarks.

You have to be proud of who you are.

Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.

I've always been asked, "What type of character would you love to play?," and I've always said a pastor.

Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.