I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

Love is that which gives of itself.

When life hands you lemons sometimes you just have to say screw the lemons, and bail.

I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.

NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.

We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie.

I come alive, in front of the mirror, skipping and dancing and acting the fool. Dance is both escape and excitement.

Small presses take chances. Chances are at the heart of all the literature we later know as great.

I have all these revelations as I'm writing. Each song is like a chapter of my diary.

I don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution.

I was trying to foster a great working relationship between those two departments [design and the writing teams], because classically in animation the two don't get along.