The stars up close to the moon were pale they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.

The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.

They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.

But he won’t let the pain blot out the humor no more’n he’ll let the humor blot out the pain.

He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people.

You had a choice: you could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in the fog, painful as it might be, or you could relax and lose yourself

It's the truth, even if it didn't happen......if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

I don't seem able to get it straight in my mind....

Society is what decides who's sane and who isn't, so you got to measure up.

Man's attitude toward great qualities in others is often the same as toward high mountains - he admires them but he prefers to walk around them.

The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.

I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am too busy with my private business.

Live well. Love deep. Tomorrow, we die.

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

Few things are as uniquely painful as bad comedy, and the realization that the human mind is a house of mirrors with no entrance and no exit.

If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed

The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled).

The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.

Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels.... Such is the real nature of horses.