Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

After the event, even a fool is wise.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.

Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.

Humor was the enemy of desire.

The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don’t even recognize the world we live in today.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it.

I decided not to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up.

If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!

I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.