Take time to deliberate but when the time for action arrives stop thinking and go in.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Love that is within you is also flowing through the hearts of your neighbors and friends.

Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

I don't like talking to celebrities.

You want your film to get seen by as many people as possible. I mean nobody makes movies for themselves.

If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this.

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.

When people are like each other they tend to like each other.

Enthusiasts soon understand each other.

A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them.