"It does not seem a year Since last we sent to you Our wishes for your special day And all that you would do."

“Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares”

“Everest is completely out of control. It's like crack.”

“You always study the players you go against. You try and stay ahead of it. Those guys are just too good to just show up on Sunday and think you're going to do well. Every week it seems like there's an all-star out there - to me, anyway. Every week is a rodeo. You just hope for the best.”

“Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.”

“The wolf howled under the leaves And spit out the prettiest feathers Of his meal of fowl: Like him I consume myself.”

“There's no labor a man can do that's undignified-if he does it right.”

“The cat in gloves catches no mice.”

“Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven.”