It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.

Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.

Back then we gave it our all, we neither lied nor made mistakes, we didn't fail and didn't do anything wrong.It's just that...TIME has passed and changed it all.

Don't delete it, don't are you an idiot???Yes or No??You have done it and now you must get the consequences, like it or not that's a lesson you must learn it.

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable

New York grew up before the automobile. And even though it's full of cars, its shape and form didn't get created around the automobile.

Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed.

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.

I'm keeping in shape, you know, gotta look good for the ladies - and certain guys. Hey, I can't control who's looking. I just gotta bring the heat.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.