To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Listen to the song of silence to understand the unsung music of the heart.

The only way to survive in this world is by keeping alive our dream, without ever fulfilling it, since the fulfilment never measures up to what we imagine.

It would be difficult to convince me that leaning has no effect whatsoever on the outcome of my bowling.

I'm drinking away the exam results that don't take me anywhere.

But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.

It is more worthy in the eyes of God . . . if a writer makes three pages sharp and funny about the lives of geese than to make three hundred fat and flabby about God or the American people.

I do have people in mind when I write. I don't know precisely who they are, however, or how many of them there are.

I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.

I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.

Start before you’re ready.