Most of us would be far enough from vanity if we heard all the things that are said about us.

A great man is one who seizes the vital issue in a complex question, what we might call the jugular vein of the whole organism, and spends his energies upon that

Half Europe thought... that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.

A great man is one who seizes the vital issue in a complex question what we might call the jugular vein of the whole organism and spends his energies upon that.

Every seed dies before It grows.

Joblessness is a rare privilege

Push until you can push no more, and then, push some more.

I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.

I don't go for girls who have beach blond hair, that stereotypical girl thing. But, you know, whatever comes around.

A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you have already not gone far enough. If everybody laughs, you have failed.

It's not like America's view of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle is going to change. There are some things that are going to change and some things that are not going to change.

There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still.

The highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans aren’t loved wherever they go, whatever they do.

My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare the neighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to get out of my yard or I'll throw it at them.