I am an agnostic I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

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.

You may be a lady but you are still the man!

I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences.

Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.

That old ball and chain had me chained up for weeks, So of course I'm off the chain as soon as I hit the streets.

No one should ever feel sorry for me. Ive been treated very well for the most part.

They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing cause that's a way of understanding life.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do.

I'm as clean as a whistle.