If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain!

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

America, and all it had once stood for--all he had fought for--was dying...on life support, and counting.

Truly, " remarked Nandi as we entered a darkened tunnel, "it is amazing that you have not died yet, mistress." "Well, hang in there. The night is young.

When you have decided what you believe what you feel must be done have the courage to stand alone and be counted.

Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

I perpetuate rumors that I've dated people that I've never actually dated.

I started smoking as soon as I went on the stage. I'd make cigars out of the Morning World when I was a kid.

Arguably, in business books, I don't think there's much that has never been said before.

When somebody persuades me I am wrong, I change my mind.

The cultivation of Love is the greatest need today.