The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

If we study the Holy Scripture, the spirit shall minister to us the depths of truth of GOD.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.

Home is where you feel loved, and homeland is where you love.

Familiarity can provide the misguided illusion of understanding. Assume nothing.

It's an ember forever burning in my heart. It's a reminder Caleb will live forever.

The State is made for Mankind, not mankind for the state

So just to be clear, I'm not going to sign any package that somehow prevents the top rate from going up for folks at the top 2 percent.

When Cartier-Bresson goes to China, he shows that there are people in China, and that they are Chinese.

I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.

You need to be empathetic in your own personal life and we help our neighbors and our friends out who are struggling in our neighborhoods. But we don't make bad decisions based on empathy.