Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

your gazeacrossmy cheeksturned theminto strawberry fields.

Do your little bit of good where you are

A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself.

The Irish aren't great singers, but they have great songs.

I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry that doesn't speak to them.

I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.

Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

The true gospelstands before the throne of God declaring, 'Jesus did it all.'

I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness