He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

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.

Door of passage to the other side, the soul frees itself in stride.

Death is her name, Who walks in her garden of fame, And plucks flowers for her lock, Which has the power to ride a flock.

Geisha is always called beautiful even if she is not.

You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.

Those who think clean thoughts do not do dirty deeds.

In the final analysis, each of us is responsible for what we are. We cannot blame it on our mothers, who, thanks to Freud, have replaced money as the root of all evil.

I see myself as a mascot for the kids who get beat down and don't feel like they belong.

I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.

Do you need someone to make you a paper badge with the word WRITER on it before you can believe you are one? God I hope not.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?