Some laborers have hard hands, and old sinners have brawny consciences.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

That when we live no more, We may live ever

I'm an amazing cook. And I'm a gentleman but can belch the entire alphabet. Classy.

Big name often stands on small legs.

Don't choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful. -Harry Styles

A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.

Now, just a word about the poor Negroes... They're here. They've got to be cared for... The poor Negroes have got to live, too.

The problem with always being a conformist is that when you try to change the system from within, it's not you who changes the system; it's the system that will eventually change you.

Just lock myself in a room, stop answering emails, stop answering the phone and I come out with something.

I don't think the function of writing, at least for me as a fiction writer, is to say to people, "Here's the answer." It's not an op-ed.

If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production.

Information is not power. Power is power. But what turns information into power is action.