To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Now that we know about his indigestion, we can torture him with cake.

Peace is not an absence of war it is a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice.

Jesus' birthday is commercialized, so of course, Black History Month is commercialized.

But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.

I grew up a nerd and now I'm a geek? I don't know.

Dead metaphors make strong idols.

However, I'm older, wiser, more mature, and can deliver the rhymes in a different way. Because I guess I have a more holistic viewpoint and approach.

When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

So we become alive in a time of fear.

I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with the missiles and we didn't have to go to that extreme.