Those activities at which you excel with no effort at all - those are the ones you ought to pursue to the detriment of others.

I've never met a very memorable cobbler.

I read a book not to find its meaning, but to find my happiness.

Race ain't nothing but a number.

A lie is still a lieeven if it’s disguisedas the truth.

Cold! If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death.

In a new videotape message, Texas Gov. Rick Perry urges his supporters to follow him on 'Tweeter.' After hearing about it, John McCain laughed and said, “What an idiot! It's 'The Tweeter.''

We write poems / as leaves give oxygen - / so we can breathe.

America is the only country in the world where you can burn the flag but can't tear the tag off the mattress.

I didn't care about anything. And there's a freedom in apathy, a wild, dizzying liberation on which you can almost get drunk. You can do anything. Ask Kevin.

Get power but don't admit to it. Do it by stealth. There's a whole trend of Rhodes scholars who will be politicians around the world.

I don't have an agent. The only work I get is through friendships that I've already built.

I grew up Mormon. I wasn't really Mormon, my parents were.

I ain't no author, man . . . my writing skills are not of "New York Times" best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My vocabulary ain't.