Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

The God that we commonly know may be less sinister than the true God that we don't know for sure.

When the water is very calm and very beautiful, it won’t take a long time that a thick head will throw a stone in it!

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

If people will listen, I will go anywhere in the world!

Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

The thirst of soul is sweeter than the wine of material things, and the fear of spirit is dearer than the security of the body.

Standing is harder than moving.

I love to be in front of big galleries

Can we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?

The American success formula is first to get a home of your own, then to get a car of your own so you don't have to stay in that home of your own.