Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Man can have faith without religion, but religion cannot have faith without man.

Stop to appreciate the moments. Summed up, they are the bricks of our soul.

The only difference between where you are and where you want to be is the number of steps you haven't taken yet.

A writer's knowledge of himself, realistic and unromantic, is like a store of energy on which he must draw for a lifetime: one volt of it properly directed will bring a character to life.

Even in the middle of a noisy mass of students, one girl’s laugh grabbed my attention.

It's hard to lose weight when you're dining on the company's money.

I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city.

I speak to women's groups, Chambers of Commerce, manufacturing organizations. Just did the Mike Huckabee Show. I do about two speaking engagements a month. I still enjoy travelling.

Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.

I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms.