People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays

To take control of your life ... just let go!

One of the tricks that you have to learn, with episodic TV, is you don't know how many years you're going to be blessed with.

Having respect for animals makes us better humans.

A window of opportunity for me usually involves a rock.

My roommate says, "I'm going to take a shower and shave. Does anyone need to use the bathroom?" It's like some weird quiz where he reveals the answer first.

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother

I think conditions on the ground determine what you need in a particular area.

You can't just pay attention to the short term, you just have to keep publishing.

If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.