If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click 'I agree'.

Have we ever thought that being lost is our destination?

Fun is closely related to Joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play of instinct.

Well, you can go on looking forward, " said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you.

Home is not as much about a place you belong, as people you belong to.

When I am in pain, I must know that beauty always has been and always will be. This is as close to eternity as I need to be.

I bought into the myth that you are not complete without romantic love, without a mate. And it can really distract you from your goals. But sometimes you have to take a leap.

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.

Remember when Ronald Reagan was president? We had Bob Hope. We had Johnny Cash. Think about where we are today. We have got President Obama. But we have no hope and we have no cash.

We always condemn most in others, he thought, that which we most fear in ourselves.