Forgive me, my sons. I've been defeated by this despicable idiot. This is as far as I go.I leave everything to you.You have my gratitude. Farewell, my sons.

Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.

Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.

A man ought to pray daily for himself, his wife, his children and his family.

…Do not discount the value of luck. It is a hidden and unseen attribute in a man that will save him when nothing else can— learn to embrace it.

The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one I know is freedom of thought and action.

What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values.

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

Anyone who doesn't think the welfare-industrial complex is trying to increase dependency isn't paying attention.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.