I make no pretense to accuracy. I shall be quite content if the sensibilities of no one are wounded by anything I may reduce to type.

Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.

Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea; the other was elected vice president of the United States. And nothing was heard of either of them again.

I'm from Indiana, the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union.

What America needs is a good five-cent cigar.

What this country needs is a really good 5-cent cigar

I'm from Indiana the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union.

What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.

If so, then it was also here where I came to know I can survive what hurts. I believed in my capacity to stand back up and run into the waves again and again, no matter the risk.

That’s the problem with following all the rules—somebody else is eventually going to get ahead by breaking them, and then where will you be?

I have way too many candles. Theres always a candle burning at home.

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill.

I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.

If I weren't in the band, I would be a fan.

I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.

We all get outraged by things and there are things that make us angry and maybe for a while we get angry enough to actually go do something about it.

I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself.