Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

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The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

My goal, whenever entering a project, is always to gain 12 pounds.

I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.

Home is important. Its important to have a home.

It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature.

Without writing, what would I have become? Nothing. In China the individual used to be treated as a screw or a small cog in the revolutionary machine. I wanted to be a human being with a voice.

The one [thing about Amish life] that I'm always going to miss is the closeness that I've had with my family. I still talk to them, but I'm an outsider.

Philosophy can't build bridges, but can encourage people to cross them.

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea.