There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!

We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together.

A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

I urge you by all this is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that you pray but also that you act!

I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.

...that all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ and that the whole Earth may be filled with his glory.

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.

Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting it

Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement

Maturity is reached the day we don't need to be lied to about anything.

All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision

I think that is the role of the artist in society - the cultural role of the artist is to perform a healing function.

You cannot hear opportunities knocking if you are busy knocking opportunities.

[William] Klein has eyes like a knife. He is ruthless and outrageous but never mean - he is tender and funny and violent - and, I'm sure, really in love with our crazy Rome.

I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.

One of the strongest of contemporary conventions is that of comparing to Thoreau every writer who has been as far out of the house as the mailbox.