This is what it's like to get old: you still feel 19, except your knees hurt...

I don't get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.

The news is not about news anymore. It's about protecting some people, destroying others and shoving a socialist agenda down the collective throats of America.

The man who reads only for improvement is beyond the hope of much improvement before he begins.

Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America for the places we have to get to.

Just take them rascals [rapists, killers, child abusers] out in the swamp / Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump / Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.

You'd better watch where you go, and remember where you've been

Marry somebody you love. That's the whole thing. And continue to love them.

You're such a cynic, " Molly said."I think cynics are playful and cute.

Oliver: Fear is the natural state of anything that dies.

Let us keep enough money to enjoy each breath we take, but definitely not too much, if we don’t want to spoil the fragrance of our dreams and the poem of life.

You just think that your future or you intend to devote yourself to the humanity. The choice is in your hands

Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.

One moment, ten thousand years. Ten thousand years, one moment.

We have heard of many people who trusted God too little, but have you ever heard of anyone who trusted Him too much?

One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.

Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings.

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.