One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects.

To think of losing is to lose already.

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer.

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.

[John Craske] painted like a man giving witness under oath to a wild story.

Energy independence is very important to me.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.

Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.

Plenty of pundits have really high IQs, but they don't have any discipline in how they look at the world, and so it leads to a lot of bullshit, basically.

The whites are the same everywhere. I see them every day.

When I want to end a relationship I just say, 'You know, I love you. I want to marry you. I want to have your children.' Sometimes they leave skid marks.

With motocross I've found that passion becomes your identity and that identity breaks all barriers.

If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.