There are beds and tables in the world - plenty of them, are there not? But there are only two ideas or forms of them - one the idea of a bed, the other of a table.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.

What I cannot love I overlook.

People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening

Until now, I've been a kind of binge-writer - I'll carve out five or six hours on a weekend day and make a large container of espresso and just bang out a lot of words.

God has enabled me to affect the life of the country since 1920 without the necessity of office.

There is no moment without some duty.

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

Turning something into low resolution data does seem to make it worth less in the modern world.

The entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. Unfortunately, we don’t have that kind of time.

There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who alphabetize their record collections, and the kind who don't.