Victory does not always come with trumpet-blasts and glory.

The earth grieves, and I grieve, and I am weary of the fight

Her spirit is all spit and fire

Always at the heart of my life there has been fire.

What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

Greatness can only be procured with the currency of time and discipline

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.

Here is part of the tradeoff with diversification. You must be diversified enough to survive bad times or bad luck so that skill and good process can have the chance to pay off over the long term.

[M]yths are not invented as stories are. Myths are inspired-they really are. They come from the same realm that dream comes from.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

The Muslim religion is so unreformed since it was created that nowhere in the Muslim world has there been any real advance in science, or art or literature, or technology in the last 500 years.

That's what I can't stand. I know I'll bounce back, and that's what I can't stand.

I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.