Money is a necessity; so is dirt.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.

We have to be open to love to feel happiness and joy.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

I have to give Mays one edge, durability. Mickey isn't sound and Willie is. Otherwise, if I had a chance to trade for either player, I'd pick Mantle.

I'm always trying to work on scripts. I'm pretty selective. Sometimes maybe too much because I'm broke .

Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm not just a boxer.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Shakespeare is forever coming into our affairs -- putting in his oar, so to speak -- with some pat word or sentence.

I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.

life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.