From the day I began traveling, I understood that truths were lies and lies were truths.

Jealousy often turns people into irresponsible storytellers.

Diligence without intelligence is tragedy, not success.

When they can't steal your success, they tarnish your character but at the end, they surrender to your strength.

Traveling is as subtle as an early morning reverence.

Respect is free. Keep some for you and give some to others.

At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

... once you get up steam, you are carried helplessly along.

Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.

Sooner or later, a society of sheep must create a government of wolves.

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.

Somehow the image begins to have a sort of memory in it, even if you can't see it. It can build up a dense feeling toward the end, and then it makes me happier.

It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion.