We're all worm bait waiting to happen. It's what you do while you wait that matters.

Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test.

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.

The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas is big growth because you don't tax people to death.

All my adult life I've been in the practice of giving advice to people who are happier than I am.

But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that all this time you've been living without really and truly living and by then it's too late. When you wake up to that kind of realization, it's too late for wishes and regrets. It's even too late to dream.