But we are only termites on a planet and maybe when we bore too deeply into the planet there'll be a reckoning. Who knows?

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

I appricated that Nell was talking to me like a grown-up, but I had no idea what she meant. Still, I could see that the words flowed together like water over a riverbed.

The strongest men who exist are always someone else's strength.

To learn from experience, we must remember it, and, for a variety of reasons, memory is a faithless friend.

Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well we'll spend it together.

The only work I ever turned down was a cable programme called Diving for Excrement.

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

No matter where I am on this planet, I am always safe.

I don't think there'll ever be a challenge in your life if you don't try out something because you're scared. I think you just need to do it without any thoughts.

I'm just human, I have faults like anyone

The mind is susceptible to suggestions. It learns whatever you teach it.