Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.

Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was right there where they had to walk. My bats kept disappearing, and I couldn't figure it out. Turns out, Pee Wee Reese was stealing my bats. I found that out later, after we got out of baseball. He and Rube Walker stole my bats.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

It occurs to us that so called freedom fries kill many more Americans than terrorists ever do.

Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.

The closest thing to hell on earth is prison. It's the worst experience I've ever had in my life. Besides death.

I seriously love Cleveland. It's a great city.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.

In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.

I was fantasising about my own death, I started thinking what my funeral would be like and what music would be played, I was at that level of insanity.

Whatever you believe to be true, whether it is true or not; if you believe it, then to you it becomes the truth.

I think it's important for me to show the world that sobriety hasn't made me soft. I'm on a mission to prove I'm still a nutcase.

I don't need to worry about being idolised.

My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

I loved 'Lobo' in the '90s, but I think that character is hard to connect with, especially for new readers.

I liked acting early on, and I really liked roles that were meaningful to me, and 'Baywatch' was.

To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform prose into poetry.

Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash between our civilians and, most certainly, between our military.

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let's face it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool.