Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.