Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily.

The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.

Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.

Only the suppressed word is dangerous.

History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.

If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.

The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.

The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

The risk of all friendship is, alas, a little grief.

Dating a man is like flying a kite. You only need to know when to wind up the string or let it out.

To write a book is to risk being shot at in public.

Shit. The mind gets up to funny tricks, doesn't it? Shadows grow faces.

The truth is, whoever I've dated, if I've ever wanted to talk about them on stage, I've asked them first, and I've gotten their permission to tell a story or talk about them before I do it.

Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]

Andy Ellis - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.