I don’t write letters anymore.
Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.
Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.
Ageing’s alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.
I’m going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you’re not going to believe it.
Our God is a forgiving God.
I have a form of Parkinson’s disease, which I don’t like. My legs don’t move when my brain tells them to. It’s very frustrating.
I no longer feel the need of seeking out conscious Americanism. Because we live here and work here, we can be certain that when our music is mature it will also be American in quality.
The most dangerous notion a young man can acquire is that there is no more room for originality. There is no large room for anything else.
I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.
People create their own experiences.
You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
There’s a part of me I can’t get back. A little girl grew up too fast. All it took was once, I’ll never be the same.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past — whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.
No, I’m not anguished and tormented.
I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.
It is better to fail at your own life than to succeed at someone else’s.
Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.
I don’t like when there’s too much conversation because I’m shy and it makes me uncomfortable.
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
