Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.

The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires.

Failure is not the end

When I feel difficulty coming on I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem my unconscious has solved it.

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.

Learn to live with self and you will learn to live with others.

My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.

It was peculiar to be standing so close to him. He's just a man, but still, what a thing to be Neil Armstrong!

Silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon.

Love side, hate side, never in between

Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.

If John McCain were really a war hero he would've won Vietnam.