Open avowal of dictatorship is much less dangerous than sham democracy. The first one can fight

Nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean, lank face, nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out.

I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me.

Dear dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid.

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.

The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come.

Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.

On the 8th day, God created Mankind. Why was he having such a bad day? Why did he create all of you normal... but forget so many important parts of me?

Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.

I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.

The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.