It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

You live your life without realizing these things until you take yourself away from the usual stuff, even for a brief moment…only then do you see your life in a different perspective.

He is happiest be he king or peasant who finds peace in his home.

Young folk silly folk old folk cold folk.

A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.

Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!

Good land, evill way.

Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied.

I love New York. It's kind of perfect. I'm in New York part of the time and in L.A. part of the time. That's always been a goal, to be bicoastal in a real way.

To be bound by hungers is a beautiful thing but to be bound by physical hungers only is too low a state for man.