There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

In shuttering Yucca Mountain, Obama makes it extremely likely that nuclear power in the United States will continue its long, slow, and extremely welcome death.

I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.

Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.

For me personally, I have a fear of, 'If I stop, I'm going to die.' If I stop doing the things that are enriching to me or creatively exciting to me or if I stop creating, then I feel stagnant. If something isn't growing, it's dying.