The old he-coon walks just before the light of day.

To be a successful state, we must nurture successful children.

I didn't come to stay. I came to make a difference.

We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.

You should wake up every day looking for the trouble you can get into.

Open up the full capacity of the heart and mind.

i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin.

[Hawthorne''s] pious blame is a chuckle of praise all the while.

Limp Bizkit Ice Cream would taste like the sweetest pair of panties in the world. It would taste like sushi. Sushi or panties.

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it.

This belief in God has to be based on faith which transcends reason.

I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could have made a lot more money.

I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.

I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.