Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.

Hayden?""Yes, Gia?""Nothing I just wanted to say your name

You are in a much better position to serve others when your basic needs are met and your “tank is full”.

Locals. They’ll eventually get out. They’re annoyed. Like when Americans go to the lake. And it’s closed. ‘Cause some kid pooped in the water.

That which we do for ourselves dies with us … that which we do for others lives forever.

The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win.

If you come to a fight thinking it will be a fair one, you didn't come prepared.

True love is mixed up with birdlike squabbles, in which the disputants wound each other to the quick; but a quarrel without animus is, on the contrary, apiece of flattery to the dupe's conceit.

The information walls are completely crumbling.

I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness.