We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.

That's when I learned the hardest truth about vengeance: it had no logical end, served no real purpose, except perhaps to delay grief.

For all its ridiculous imperfections, life is pretty damn perfect sometimes.

Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up.

I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.

I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life

There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there.

People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.

You did not mention the name of some rich millionaire just by saving anywhere