It was as simply as that. And as complex.

Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.

It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

Micro: Letters create words. Words create language. Language, we are told, permits knowledge & expression. Language is what we are. Are we jailed?

It is the surgeon’s duty to tranquillize the temper, to beget cheerfulness, and to impart confidence of recovery.

Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.

You do it a day at a time. You just put your rejection slips in a shoebox and tell yourself one day you're going to autograph them and sell them at auction.

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

I want to fight the wussification of the State of Texas. I want to rise and shine and bring back the glory.

Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas - only I don't exactly know what they are!

That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.