"How much fame, money, and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?"

"Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."

"I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing."

"Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to get along without education. Education enables a man to get along without the use of his intelligence."

"Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding."

"Give us this day our daily Faith, but deliver, dear God, from Belief."

"If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity."

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

"I don't want prizes. I turned down the National Institute of Arts and Letters when I was elected to it in 1976 on the grounds that I already belonged to the Diner's Club."

"I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth."

"MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government."

"Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit. Max Lucado"