Wisdom Sayings

I am not the man I once was. I do not want to go back in time, to be the second son, the second man.

Traveling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.

It's hard to get in sync because of all the fu**ing Mormons out here giving me the finger.

A frightened dog barks louder.

The price of glory is the loss of leisure.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, too resourceful for anyone to be able to satisfy me sensibly.

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.

The very notion of 'national interest' is a highly ideological construct.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

I consider the promotion of the people's welfare my highest duty, and its exercise is grounded in work and constant application.

The meaning of a word is its use in the language.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Don't walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don't walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

A cucumber is bitter. Throw it away. There are briars in the road. Turn aside from them. This is enough. Do not add, 'And why were such things made?'

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

All warfare is based on deception.

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire.