The Yankee is one who, if he once gets his teeth set on a thing, all creation can't make him let go.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.

To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

I don't see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it's going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many chapters it will be and so forth.

I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.

My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.

So, if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected, let's start an epidemic quick, and get the world infected!

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?

What's important is that my family and I are all good.

[Taboo] has been exactly the same as working with the BBC in that creatively they do that precious thing which is to only make a comment when a comment needs to be made.