We Americans look funny when we’re in France because we don’t travel, we are fairly un-cultured whereas Europeans go to Africa all the time because it’s right there.
Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.
I’m not trying to say I’m a big tough guy, I’m a typical American waist deep in this violent culture.
It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to both dish out and take a lot of pain. They are taught the rules of this road in gyms, rings, backyards and fields all over America.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention.
Half of life is up – the other half is dealing with it.
I believe in North, South, East, West, The seasons, life and death, geography. That which is provable, absolute and most of all, functional. I believe in things that can kill me.
I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave – it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.
We are occupants. No one has any lasting purchase on life or on the planet.
I didn’t want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn’t want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.
I’m packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts.
I’m not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.
Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental.
The destructive power of a lie is stronger than the truth.
The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found.
I’m mellower now, I’m over 50. But I don’t think I’m too mellow. I’m still angry at a lot of things.
I can’t remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.
Discipline is money in the bank. A real friend, true strength.
Don’t go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.
I really enjoy the lattitude I have with being a private citizen. I can get a lot done. I am good with that.