The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

She wore a lot of gray-green corduroy. She had been under the impression that it brought out her eyes, those shy stars.

I sing about life. I am happy, but life is sad.

Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?

I've said my friend, not once, but twice, never trust a preety girl cause darkness waits a mile behind her smile!!

The calligraphic letter is not entirely a letter, but something that sits between writing and music

Good conversation turns me on. A connection between two people, a mental one first.

Realizing that people should lie when they do makes me a little more open-minded, a little more tolerant, when my child or my partner lies.

I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.

You have to assume everything is going to end up online, even if you're alone in a hotel elevator.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.