“Nobuddy ever listened t’ reason on a empty stomach.”

If there’s anything a public servant hates to do it’s something for the public.

There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

It ain’t a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you’re talking about.

It’s what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

Nothing dispels enthusiasm like a small admission fee.

Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.

Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.

Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it.

Every father expects his boy to do the things he wouldn’t do when he was young.

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it’s a wonder there isn’t more of it done

Litigation: A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of lawyers.

No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

The most brutal war, the greatest amount of casualties that America’s ever had.

I don’t think you ever write a song with any intention except the song’s about such and such per say.

Somehow I feel that my subconscious part creates far more interesting things than my conscious part can ever dream of.

A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.

To not ever feel myself living, To only know myself in others’ eyes, reflected.

In India, no one has ever claimed to be a prophet. The reason is that claims to divinity are customary.

All the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and I love you more than ever.

So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don’t want to ever give up any part of it.