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.

It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.

There is no vengeance as terrible as the vengeance a coward plots in the dark of his heart.

Death is Life's high meed.

Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks.

I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.

Man is beginning to explore the galaxy. But how much remains undone on earth?

Lightning crashed on the horizon. A breeze swirled around the Cast Members. The air tasted dusty, almost bitter, with electrical charge.

In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.