An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

If the college you visit has a bookstore filled with t-shirts rather than books, find another college.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease.

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.

I'm concerned with not ever being fashionable.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

People label you the way they know you best.

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime.

Our very life depends on everything's Recurring till we answer from within.

The wealth within you, your essence, is your kingdom.

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.