What I would give right now, to feel nothing.

About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return.

...being able to wait without purpose in the state of highest tension...without continually asking yourself: Shall I be able to manage it? Wait patiently, as see what comes - and how it comes!

There is no creation without tradition. No one creates from nothing.

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.

We say grace and we say ma'am. If you ain't in to that, we don't give a damn.

Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!

Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.

Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.