Never step on caterpillars, as one day they'll become butterflies, and you'll never know when you'll need a ride on their wings of fortune.

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.

Men of vision caught glimpses of truth and beauty shining aloft like stars: and in these glimpses was a new hope for the unification of mankind through enlightenment.

With living colours give my verse to glow: The sad memorial of a tale of woe!

Father's Day is like Mother's Day except the gift is cheaper.

LIBERAL, n. A man with his mind open at both ends.

Charlie Studd has written me a delightful letter... He thinks the Chinese language was invented by the devil to prevent the Chinese from ever hearing the Gospel properly.

Playboy offered me a lot to do their mag but I'm not even the sort to go topless on the beach.

Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.

He would much rather hear a piano being demolished by illegal bulldozers than a Mozart concerto

I guess the lesson is you can’t go everywhere. You should still go everywhere you can.

[On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage.

In the wake of Katrina, what you're witnessing and what we are very careful to depict is a form of patriotism.

...genius is no proof against shooting one's own foot.

Energy doesn't lie. Keep sensing it, trusting it, letting it liberate you.

Always remember, it's simply not an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

I'm so hyper. (said with a very dull voice>

There are a few YouTube clips of me singing at The King's Head in Santa Monica, so you can see how bad I am.