Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Singing diminishes sorrow.

A true joy in life should be knowing that you have touched the heart of another human being

I don't trust them but I'm learning to use them.

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading it vexes me to choose another guide.

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

God never makes us sensible of our weakness except to give us of His strength.

Sure, the killer was my son, but I didn't teach him to pull the trigger of the gun. It's the killer on this TV screen, you can't blame me, it's the images he sees.

Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.

I love Interscope, I love Star Trak.

I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.