I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides, for Newton and Euclid; and I find myself much the happier.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Daily motivation is essential to recharge your spirit.

The thing about perspective-changing events is that they usually don't announce themselves as such.

I am far more fearful of the police than I am of North Korea.

I'm your worst damn nightmare, Skeletor. I'm a vampire killer with fangs and a grudge.

Happiness is the silent purpose of all existence.

When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.

If you want a lot of visual humor, the way to do it is have visual people do it.

Gray is the color of all theory

I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.

Goodness . . . You got to make it out of badness . . . Because there isn't anything else to make it out of.