“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.”

“Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.”

“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”

“I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.”

“When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.”

“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”