All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a not too heavy cost.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.

The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun

When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.

The only identification that would be inscribed on any cat's collar would be "This is the cat's cat."

The first and great commandment is don't let them scare you.

This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Whoever believe in Jesus Christ, shall receive remission of sins.

...before the dawn I leave the night behind meand before my heart I let you leave me behind.- from the poem 'Behind

He who talks too much commits a sin.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

Better than the rest of us, they [the Jews] sensed what was ahead for their people.

You needn't consult me about redecorating. I know no female can live two days in a house and leave anything as it was. I shall be much astonished if I can find my way about when I return.

Power immobilizes; it freezes with a single gesture-grandiose, terrible, theatrical, or finally, simply monotonous-the variety which is life.

I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.