Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Why . . . would a penguin be in a piss pot?

When you realize the awesome power of words, you can change lives.

There’s no such thing as fiction or imagination, as they’re merely non-fiction manifestations in the wrong parallel universe.

Facing facts is definitely preferable to facing defeat.

The organized person ... makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal.

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

I'm rather relaxed about death. From quite an early age I've regarded it as part of the deal, the unwritten guarantee that comes with your birth certificate.

All paintings start with concept, which is another word for image or imagination. The mistake is to isolate the concept as if the idea did not need to be given permanent form.

All love is sweet Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever.

I've had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life.