The final solution for unemployment is work.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him.

Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.

The sun sees your body, the moon sees your soul.

I woke up many mornings not knowing what I'd done the night before. I'm amazed I'm not dead.

stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are.

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

I don't like reading scripts very much. I like it better for someone to just explain to me what it is about this story.

Of course much remains to know, but we know how to learn: through scientific research.

... the English alphabet is pure insanity..., It can hardly spell any word in the language with any degree of certainty.

It fills me with dismay sometimes when you look at the scripts that do come to you that are primarily focused on violence. There are so many other things to play around with.