It's a funny old world.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

Life is a mirror of our mind and it reflects the beauty of our thoughts.

The metaphysical poetry of our innovative life springs from the aesthetic, scenic, and systematic processes of inventiveness, the creative impulse of an active mind generating aesthetical intuition.

Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate. I hate murderously.

I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

In 1986, when they made the TV movie, Return to Mayberry, Barney and Thelma Lou did get married!

America may be the best country in the world, but that's kind of like being the valedictorian of summer school.

I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.

These global warming studies [are] a bunch of snake oil science.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.