The only ones to get hurt on a roller coaster are the jumpers.

Communism has defeated itself everywhere except... in American colleges.

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.

If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each other’s pockets and somehow get rich.

We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

You can always tell when you are on the road to success; it's uphill all the way.

I hope someday to have so much of what the world calls success, that people will ask me, "What's your secret?" and I will tell them, "I just get up again when I fall down."

Don't Polish Balls, Polish your Attitude

You write the script, and then you just go over it 400 times and make all the jokes better. It really is true. That's essentially the way it works.

We all want the freedom to make our own decisions.

I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an obscenity . . .

Having no destination, I am never lost.

Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority, and they did it.

God chose Israel not because they were superior but because of what He could do through them for others.

If you really love music, people can tell if you love music. You have to just stick with it.

faith without doubt is addiction

The joy of a self-giving life Can neither be measured Nor be expounded.