Growth and change...

If you think the same about things now as you did twenty years ago, partner, you've been spinnin' your wheels. As you grow in knowledge and experience, old ideas give way to new ones. This is good - it's as it should be. If not, your creative system will get clogged up quicker than a ditch full of brush, slow up progress and bog you down.

Truth in politics...

Tryin' to get the truth out of a politician is kinda like chasin' your own shadow; the harder you chase it, the more it wiggles on you.

The difference between wise and windy...

Some fellers' talk 'cause they have something to say; others talk 'cause the have to say something!

Handy...

There's a big difference 'tween pullin' your weight and throwin' it around!

On pessimism

Ya' know the problem with a pessimist is, he thinks the whole world is just like him.