An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

He wondered reflectively what would happen if you asked a nun where the Gents was. Probably the Pope sent you a sharp note or something.

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

Three-fourths of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of our adversaries and understand their standpoint.

Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be andhe will become as he can and should be.

Whatever goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.

Knowledge is knowing... or knowing where to find out.

I've always been told I have a giant placenta.

The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

To receive a present handsomely and in a right spirit, even when you have none to give in return, is to give one in return.

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.