Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Self-deprecation is the appropriate response of any new convert, as he matches his stained soul against the purity of God.

Being like them doesn’t help them. Being like them just encourages them to continue being the way they are.

I am not an accomplished lawyer.

If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.

There is nothing in the programming field more despicable than an undocumented program

Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.

The art helps, between the acting gigs. I feel that if I can sing in Mamma Mia! then goddammit, I can hang a few paintings, give people lots of cocktails, and have a good time.

Jacques Cousteau, the last man to see Jimmy Hoffa. Never got a dinner!

It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.