The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.

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.

I had no idea you were capable of such a diabolical plan, Human, my friend, just human, the devil doesn’t make plans, anyway, if men were good, he wouldn’t even exist.

People who live in glass houses have to wash their windows all the time.

Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or whatever.

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.

Sport is about achievements. Art is to be touch and touch others in a personal level.

Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.

Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments.

It's nice when your dad can be your friend.

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.