Tell him to go to hell.

Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.

The man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently ... stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron

It's easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.

(Walls) show that politicians have reached the end of their ideas about what to do about a difficult situation with a neighbor. ... They can't think what else to do.

In the early stages of wealth, up to 10 years after individuals became very rich, they display a bit of reluctance to spend money. It's a lot easier rationalizing spending a lot for a house.

I am a complete, mature, self-sufficient being.

some see things as they are: others as they are” (p.82) ~CXCI

To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces crime and faction.

Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level.

Knowing what I know about the people who have come before me, and the people who came before them, and what they had to do, it changes my capacity to stay engaged, to stay productive.

We all must do what Christ did. We must make our experiment. We must make mistakes. We must live out our own version of life. And there will be error. If you avoid error you do not live.

A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes.

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

In 2nd grade, a girl who was a friend of mine gave me a homemade valentine. Like, a real, handwritten one!

A request not to worry is perhaps the least soothing message capable of human utterance.

Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration.