Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.

Merciless criticism and independent thinking are the two necessary traits of revolutionary thinking.

I have a great family, great kids. I have practically everything, you know? Sometimes I have to pinch myself. It's really true: Life starts at 50.

Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.

Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?

Is this something new, having people stomp on you? Is it what I need to do for your pleasure?

There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?

Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom and power without conscience.

No human endeavour can ever be wholly good... it must always have a cost.