Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are you aren't.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

Words have never belonged to those who wrote them. Always to those who needed then.

Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning.

I’d do anything for her if she really wanted me to. I would even walk away from the chance of a lifetime if she asked me to... and I could even be happy about it.

...We understood nothing at all. Not what it meant to wish for a miracle... nor its price.

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

i would say it was nice to meet you, but the fact is it wasnt. in fact, it was quite awkward.

We all have to die some day, if we live long enough.

I can do whatever it takes to win.