History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Was there ever any question on how much I could take? You kept feeding me your bullshit hoping I would break.

One's sovereignty over the land is expressed most powerfully in the act of banishment. Perhaps the first eviction recorded in human history was Adam and Eve's.

Your present is what you live, but your past is what you carry.

What an unrequited love it is, this thirst! But is it love, when it is unrequited?

Today, I run for pure, absolute joy.

Creation is a sustained period of bliss.

The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed.