My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.

It wasn't the "I love you" she heard that made her let him go. It was the "Come with me" that she didn't.

It will have to be Jem. He's impossible to hate. Even that devil cat likes him.

...Hell, which as every frequent traveler knows, is in Concourse D of O'Hare Airport.

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.

The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.

To humiliate and be humiliated, I think, is a crucial element in our whole social structure. It's not only the artist I'm sorry for. It's just that I know exactly where he feels most humiliated.

A classic is a book that remains in print

As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.

For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.