There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.

By the time I got into test work, it was dying out. It wasn't really flight test at all; it was mostly testing new gadgets.

Like the pro-slavery forces who invaded Kansas, the pro-abortion forces in Washington and elsewhere want us to believe that abortion is not murder; that being born is worse than death; that the unborn baby is property, not a person.

For me, since I have a life wish, not a death wish, for me, I was not gambling my life. I was doing something much more beautiful. I was carrying my life across.

I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that's one thing I am constantly working on - pain management.