So, naturalists observe, a flea; Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller fleas to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.

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.

Take advantage of losing your job by making it an opportunity to find a better one..

I've now been in 57 states. I think one left to go.

Dear Santa Claus, just a last note before you take off. I hope you have a nice trip. Don't forget to fasten your seat belt.

[European audiences differ from American] they talk different. The ones in Holland speak Dutch. The ones in Switzerland speak Swiss. That's the only difference.

Don't let anyone knock you down. Keep your head up.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

There are many wrong reasons to want to be an entrepreneur. I think there's only one good reason: to change the world.

Suburbia is too close to the country to have anything real to do and too close to the city to admit you have nothing real to do.

There are no meaningless experiences.

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long.