Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

The lifestyle I`ve been living for the last 30 years, I could have been dead a thousand times.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

A person preaches well that lives well.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

Boards don't hit back.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

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

There are no facts, only interpretations.

The cure for boredom is curiosity.There is no cure for curiosity.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Delay always breeds danger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

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