Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

As a genre, rockabilly's post-Elvis profile has seldom been lower in the United States. Many labels that produced fresh bass-slappin' sides during the '90's are now out of business.

I consider myself a storyteller, not really even an actor. I consider myself a storyteller.

Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.

Most people grow only large enough to solve their problems - not to reach their potential.

James Bevel could do more with young people than any human being on the face of the earth.

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family.

I'm not so fond of the sort of science fiction that isn't really science fiction but is sometimes thought to be - Gothic princesses and white horses and bats and castles and things.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.