Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.
Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate.
If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting. . . if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same;. . . yours is the earth and everything that's in it. . .
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; But it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool. I never made a mistake in my life; At least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.
Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
We are looking for a Wealth Tax that will bring in sufficient revenue to justify having a wealth tax.
[As a frontman ] I'm going to wear leather pants and get blowjobs in the studio. That would be nice. They are definitely not cool, but I like them. I don't listen to them, but I like them when I hear them on the radio, normally.
Oh what a friend chance can be — when it chooses.
If I came across a role that is completely mainstream [and] commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.