One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

Most of our people have never had it so good.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

I'd like that translated, if I may.

It is not possible to say too much about Christ. But it is quite possible to say too little about hell.

The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness.

All of the energy of existence is going to flow through you. You will be in thousands of planes of consciousness at once or beyond in nirvana or having a sandwich with a friend.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

Learn what you are good at and exploit it in service to others.

Reading is a key feature in the life of every single successful person I have ever met.

A good education prepares you well for anything.

Im one step ahead of my past, two steps behind my dream.

One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue.

Without literature my life would be miserable.