If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

I have seen the future, and it works.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

I think some people would understand the quintessence of sanctifying grace if they could be black about twenty-four hours.

I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.

I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me.

I'd been out in Los Angeles for about eight years, knocking around. I actually, instead of waiting tables, worked in offices as a temporary assistant.

Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.

Since the end of the Second World War, our population has more than doubled to 27 million people.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

It is the abiding faith of mortals that mortality is a temporary condition.

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

You are a powerful, unlimited and eternal soul who is here to enjoy the experience of creativity and contribute to humanity's evolution.