“But if you stay in the game long enough, you've got to lose. And once you've lost there's no way back, no way at all.”

“You've got to be optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one.”

“This is a touch game. There are times when you've got to play hurt when you've got to block out the pain.”

“You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game.”

“It's all you deserve. You've got the cash,
what the hell do you care? You've got
nothing to lose. You are inheritors of a great
tradition. My country right or wrong!
You do what you're told to do. You don't
answer back the way Tommy Jeff did or Ben
Frank or Georgie Washing. I'll say you
don't. You're civilized. You let your
betters tell you where you get off. Go
ahead”

“You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”

“There are some things that once you've lost, you never get back. Innocence is one. Love is another. I guess childhood is a third.”

“That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.”

“I think if you've got something to say and you can say it with less, that's the way to go.”

“You've got to say what you say / Don't let anybody get in your way”