"The game of life is not much in holding a good hand, as in playing a poor hand well."

"Behind every successful man there are usually a lot of unsuccessful years."

"Life is very important to Americans."

"Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality."

"The lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral."

"We never learn to pray, really pray- until we are in a situatioin where there is nothing left to do but pray."

"The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people. People do'. But I think the gun helps."

"Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd."

"Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few."

"LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience."

"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it."

"Don't get yourself arrested and make your day worse! If you need to vent, just smash something that's already broken! You can't get in trouble for wrecking the unsalvageable!"