Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read, ’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Some people wish they were as happy as or happy like some people think they are.

What you see is not what wee se. What you see is distracted by memory, by being who you are, all this time, for all these years.

Certainly it is not a democracy.

In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable.

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.

People have to want to change before there's any chance of helping them do so.

What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy.

I want to always be youthful and have the energy to run around and play hide and seek, which is one of my favorite games.

I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.

I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players