Nothing's hopeless except never trying.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!

Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.

Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.

We must repent while the chance exists, to confess our sins.

Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.

Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do.

I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.

But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely.

Whom do you call bad?--Those who always want to induce shame.

Once you know the difference between right and wrong, you have lots fewer decisions to make.

For me, I love California. I feel like it's my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn't have anywhere else.

Here's a story that I really want to tell about Bo Diddley at the OK corral.