The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.

We are dying, we are dying, we are all of us dying and nothing will stay the death-flood rising within us and soon it will rise on the world, on the outside world.

I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.

I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating

I knew that I was going to do Westerns. I like 'em.

Trust your instincts, trust your judgment.

If all you did was tell a lamppost your goals for each day, they would still be far more likely to happen.

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.