If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass." "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys."
When I was very young, I kissed my first woman, and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco.
There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Life can be real tough ... you can either learn from your problems, or keep repeating them over and over.
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.
I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.
America - the best poor man's country in the world.
Tattlers also and busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Our safety is not in blindness, but in facing our danger.
You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
Life isn't long enough for love and art.
The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.
We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.
When you're a professional, you come back no matter what happened the day before.