We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Challenge who you can be, don't let fate control your future.

There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul.

Snake people do not drink milk, " Kekrops said. "We are lactose intolerant reptiles.""Me too!" Frank said. "I mean . . . lactose intolerant. Not a reptile. Though I can be a reptile sometimes-

The Word of God gives birth to thoughts about God and about the knowledge of God.

I hope I have repaid Australia for the humanity it showed me, as it has shown to so many others over the years.

... photographs are so loaded with information. They're remarkable. As I said, you get both the tree and the forest.

There is a necessary limit to our achievement, but none to our attempt.

Thought is always troublesome to him who lives without his own approbation.

The pathways that have led to our evolution are quirky, improbable, unrepeatable and utterly unpredictable.

The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music.