A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

A book is a good substitute for a man. Fiction, preferably

Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.

The inspiration for my Vines comes from thinking about funny and relatable experiences from my daily life.

We can be more or less conscious when you create grades of focus on a subject that is flowing in our stream of consciousness.

Life is a song to me.

What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth. And I think that's true.

If a work of art is to explore new environments, it is not to be regarded as a blueprint but rather as a form of action-painting.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that.

I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful things - that's my favorite Martha Stewart quote, by the way.