Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn't know where he was going, he didn?t know where he was? and he did it all at taxpayers expense.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

The biggest roadblock to changing the world is believing that your voice doesn't matter.

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.

I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can't stop it.

There is a wisdom in the wave - high-born, beautiful - for those who would but paddle out.

You should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care.

I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.

In principle, I am against principles.

No man would, I think, exchange his existence with any other man, however fortunate. We had as lief not be, as not be ourselves.

Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.