An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

My heart is an empty refrigerator.

Thy fate is the common fate of all Into each life some rain must fall Some days must be dark and dreary.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.

It's very important to enjoy time alone with yourself and just existing, because existence is kind of cool.

There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.

I've never seen more dishonest media than frankly, the political media. I thought the financial media was much better, much more honest.

Ocean privilege does not exist anymore. The world is small. We cannot rely on distance anymore.

If there were a god, there would be no need for religion. If there were not a god, there would be no need for religion.

Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost.

They are very tame to me. God bless Noel, I'm sure he'll always have a spot on 'Bob's Full House', but I search for something with more bite and rage.