True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future, false friends will always chain you to the mistakes in your past.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.

I hit an inside-the-park home run! I beat it out! Can you believe that?

Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough."

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

What I learned in politics (is that) it's a very enslaving place to be. It's hard to be free in politics and if the search for your spirit is to be free, it's hard.

The only thing constantly changing is change, and change is always changing for the worse.

All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.

I'm trying to find a way to make music work as a living. People used to make their living selling albums. Those days are over! It's kind of an odd time. I guess it's kind of like writing.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.