Knowledge and know-how are the real sources of value and riches. You can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself.
No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.
No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes.
Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps. ' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow.
A real diamond is never perfect.
Only the nose knows Where the nose goes When the door close.
Long before I ever saw the desert I was aware of the mystical overtones which the observation of nature made audible to me. But I have never been more frequently or more vividly aware of them than in connection with the desert phenomena.
I'm not very geeky. I'm quite homespun. I would say I'm more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey