You lose in the end unless you know how the wheel is fixed or can fix it yourself.

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.

MmmmmmI like that thing you do with your tongue. What do you call it? Speaking? Yeah, I dig it

We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God.

That men should kill one another for want of somewhat else to do, which is the case of all volunteers in war, seems to be so horrible to humanity that there needs no divinity to control it.

We cannot find peace if we are afraid of the windstorms of life.

There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you.

This blessed gift of smoking!

I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.

A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea.

Greed is good to most economists. It's greed that makes people work harder, be more productive and helps the economy grow.

I was once walking through the forest alone. A tree fell right in front of me - and I didn't hear it.