All living things on earth are kindred.

The rich are not very nice. That's why they're rich.

A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers.

The night I filled an inside straight: Even a blind hog's gonna root up an acorn once in a while.

King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who have written on the Matter of Arthur, from Malory to White, only Mark Twain understood this. But Mark Twain was a great writer.

There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep.

I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.