I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

I wanted stories, and I wanted them always, and I wanted the experience that only fiction could give me: I wanted to be inside them.

It is difficult to live in the present ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.

if human justice is to supplement Nature's provisions, all family duties must be shared equitably, in person or by proxy.

Decide to get over it. You know, just let it go. It can be that simple.

For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.

That which you think today becomes that which you are tomorrow.

I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for me.

One has to practice wisdom through living in the present.

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something

Why did God make so many dumb fools and Democrats?