Newspapers . . . serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them...

Climate change. Urbanization. Biotechnology. Those three narratives, still taking shape, are developing a long arc likely to dominate this century.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that others are behind the time.

Life is a challenge that you need. There's things in life that are going to throw you into the ground, but if you learn how to get up, that means you are not a quitter.

I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

When I am with composers, I say I am a conductor. When I am with conductors, I say I am a composer.

Good flying never killed an enemy yet.

I am infected with your stupidity.

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.