It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus

because God has spoken, and everything else is commentary.

God is always present. We’re the ones who show up.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs.

I like to think Im a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.

Leaders express feelings that other leaders sense.

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.

Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings.

Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible- resurrection.

You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good

I prefer the "tackiest" person in the world to the stylish person who has no tact.