The people I respect all died broke and despairing. They didn't leave a lot of hammered iron behind them like Donald Trump has done.

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.

I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.

When a stray animal crosses your path, it may be as close to God as you're going to get in this lifetime.

People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.

A society which devastates its homelands’ nature no more has the right to live in that territories!

If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you!

If we could make our house a home, and then make it a sanctuary, I think we could truly find paradise on Earth.

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this.

God loves you as though you are the only person in the world, and He loves everyone the way He loves you.

I don't know how long i could be a vet before i got bored and started shagging stuff.

That is mere sentimentality that lies abed by day and thinks itself white, far from the tan and callus of experience.

My goal is always, how do you get better?

Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune