Yessir, some things is sin 'cause God says so. Some things is sin 'cause they hurt other people. And some things is just pure-dee stupid.

I guess I'd rather have a truthful neighbor who says he hates me than a lyin' one who claims he loves me.

Making someone responsible for your misery also makes them responsible for your happiness. Why give that power to anyone but yourself?

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

I believe when we look different and carry something different, people are going to see that and want it too.

If i'm not trying my best, I might as well retire.

If a religion is unpatriotic, it ain't right.

I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.

I think George Washington owned guns. I've never seen any contradiction with that.

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.

I never know exactly where I'm going with a story, whether it's a short story or a novel. If I did I'd soon grow bored of it. The fun, for me, is in the finding out and the making sense of it.

I must keep on trying, just to keep the experiment going until I get tired of it all. Even if the last result is not necessarily the best, I stop when my interest in the problem wanes.