Are these things good for any other reason except that they end in pleasure, and get rid of and avert pain? Are you looking to any other standard but pleasure and pain when you call them good?

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Nashville has always been competitive. My granddaddy called it the Hillbilly Babylon.

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

In science all facts no matter how trivial or banal enjoy democratic equality.

President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.

I think people need to guard themselves in what they watch and what they listen to because I think that does affect who they are and why they do what they do.

I'm very bad at packing. It ends up being a circus, throwing everything in there. You never want to come up short.

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

If you have a high evaluation of yourself then your ability to recognize new facts is weakened.

There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.

I do not fear it: I have been there.