Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

Church is not meant to be fun. It's meant to be formative.

I don't worry about new young bands. The bounty of life is infinite and so is music and so are opportunities.

My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front.

When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

Hypnotically haunting sounds from a true artist that dares to dream.

I don't believe anyone doubts the American people's values or the commitment of the American government or the government's agencies to advancing those values and defending those values.

Leadership is not achieved by an individual. Leadership is bestowed by the group.

Women will work out their destinies — much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men undertook to shape the destiny of women.

A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.