There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Everyone is ignorant only on different subjects.

In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.

People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.

In the beginning was the word, the word That from the solid bases of the light Abstracted all the letters of the void.

So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others.

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.

I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

My way of life Is fall'n into the sear and yellow leaf.