Old godheads sink in space and drown Their arks like foundered galleons sucked down.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

I fully expect the police to come after me. To which I have just one thing to say: good luck.

Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.

Colonialism of one kind or another, imperialism of one kind or another, and slavery, and on and on and on.

How they loved each other, these three, how they had suffered for each another, and yet how much joy they clearly took from simply being in the same room.

I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.

The endorsement was a really gracious statement. I am greatly honored by the endorsement of Senator [Ted] Cruz. We have fought the battle and he was a tough and brilliant opponent.

When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.

In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.

If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty.