The perception of a child who has not yet learned to protect itself by developing the tunnel vision that keeps out ninety percent of the universe.

Dreams, after all, are insubstantial things, like mist itself.

One of his followers murmured agreement, but another quietly slipped away. Now there was Norton and four others. Maybe that wasn't so bad. Christ Himself could only find twelve.

It took me twenty years of living with my father to accept the idea that being good could be good enough.

The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238

Values are like a pilot’s flight plan . . . without them you’re flying blind.

If you go to thinking take your heart with you. If you go to love, take your head with you. Love is empty without thinking, thinking hollow without love

Ava, "Since shewas right, Daddy Shane has been calling her ourwalking, talking Magic 8 Ball, although we’re notallowed to shake her when we want answers.

Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.

First deal with your own tears; tomorrow do something about acid rain.

The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.

Everyone is curious about the intentions of their enemies.

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

I consider Ronald Reagan one of the greatest U.S. presidents since the World War II because of his staunch resistance to Communism and his efforts to defend human rights.