The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Texting is not talking and a phone is not a friend.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

Guys like him ruin it for everybody else. It's just embarrassing. Or maybe he's not embarrassed because he probably believes he's not doing it-that's how liars are.

If the average citizen thinks God has nothing to do with government, who then creates our rights and what makes them inalienable?

Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.

Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination.

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

I don't get paid to serve the president. I get paid to serve the public and what I think is in the interest of justice, no matter who the president is.

I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.

All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.