He wished to please everybody, " Franklin later said of Keith, "and having little to give, he gave expectations.

Knowledge as such can never be worthless.

That is human nature, that people come after you, willingly enough, provided only that you no longer love or want them.

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

I've failed way more than I've succeeded.

People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't spending time with teenagers.

New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.

I get all the truth I need in the newspaper every morning, and every chance I get I go fishing, or swap stories with fishermen to get the taste of it out of my mouth.

When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.