Spying on people by magic is the same as spying on them in any other way.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Not to be able to find one’s ‘own’ faults

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation."I beg pardon, my queen, " he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!

The more you care for others, while denying yourself, the more pleasure life supplies you.

Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me.

Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth.

This is one of those instances in which the individual genius is found to consent, as indeed it always does, at last, with the universal.

The audience, the place youre in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.

Under the gold standard gold is money and money is gold. It is immaterial whether or not the laws assign legal tender quality only to gold coins minted by the government.

Government conspiracy? They can't even deliver our mail and it's got our address on it and everything!

I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good.