A Jew describes another Jew simply as a human being; a Gentile describes him, first and foremost, as a Jew.

One doesn't expect justice from life ... it's the function of human beings to put it there.

For every individual who really is exceptional there are about fifty thousand who just imagine they are - until it's too late, and they find out they aren't after all.

If you choose to turn your back, you don't really have a say in what goes on behind it.

It's not facts that hurt people, it's their attitude towards facts.

Measurements is your saving grace if you want to raise steam.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

I am Jack's smirking revenge.

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore!

Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our children.

I believe in God, because he is the only thing that kept me going. He's my best friend.

History is like a ghost. It is as dead as alive.

The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight.

We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.