We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.

The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?

To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.

The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

The only way to convert a heathen is to travel into the jungle.

The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.

My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel.

The usefulness of any meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group.

Fritz Mondale is not some synthetic Masked Marvel or Mystery Man. He is not made of silicon and micro-chip flakes. He is made of flesh and blood and brains.

A little conflict can create a lot of creativity.

I’m secretly looking forward to someone whom I’m no longer ashamed to explain myself to, whom I can peel off all my metaphors and codes and reveal what the hell has happened all these years.

Love for others what you love for yourself

The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.

I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.

Revolutions are not made with literature. Revolutions equal gunfire.

Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

If one shoots at a king, one must not miss.

Don't envy those who make their wealth in an ungodly way. The wicked SEEM to prosper now and live without a care but they will spend eternity in terror and despair.