We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

If the US is a human melting pot, then Eastern Europe is a scrap yard.

Maybe I was a bad kid. But I was also slowly turning to stone.

The only reason I wouldn't go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.

Nothing activates adrenaline production like pain. - Dr. Sienna Brooks

Most people are quiet in the world, and live in it tentatively, as if it were not their own.

They got some people that are saying, hey, elect me as president. Hey, Washington couldn't handle Si Robertson. Trust me.

You can't run away from your identity. Even if I went to another band, I'd still be Lips from the band Anvil. I've spent my entire life trying to be that, that's what I am. There's nowhere to run.

I believe in the gold standard. I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down.

With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green.

My wife is the most awesome person in the universe. She's made this experience much less miserable for me, with her compassion, patience and understanding.