The bank - the monster has to have profits all the time. It can't wait. It'll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can't stay one size.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

It was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.

Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' I thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.

You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.

The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother.

Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.

They got to live before they can afford to die.

Never be afraid to cry. Sometimes, nothing can cleanse the heart more than a few wet tears.

Failure is almost always success wrapped in a blanket of redo possibilities... It is up to you to reframe the outcome ~bns

There's no future in stories...Stories are things of the past, things for museums.

I went to college in Connecticut, which was when I still lived at home. I worked at a video store, a wine store, and did odd jobs here and there like landscaping.

Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

My dad has always said to me, "where there is a will there is a way" and this is the type of dedication hockey has taught me. Being dedicated to this sport [hockey] has been my will to play.

People called me "Slim" and "Daddy Long Legs." My best friend Martine named me Daddy Long Legs after she saw me running track. She was making fun of me!

What is next to ecstasy? Pain. What is next to pain? Nothingness. What is next to nothingness? Hell.

Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.

The definition of success is getting many of the things money can buy and all the things money can't buy.