To some extent the history of plagiarism is a history of notebooks.

What knows he of love who has not been obliged to despise just what he loved

I am searching for that which every man seeks-peace and rest.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

Republicans and Democrats spend so much time fighting and then they're all aghast, you know, and so it's just not the way we ought to be. The coarseness is not acceptable.

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.

Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are able to dominate the bank reserves of the entire country.

Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.

Snap judgments? I'd gotten over those about the time I was toilet trained. Swore off diapers and faith in the human experience all in one week.

Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down ? That's not my department.