When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

I'd rather believe in something and be wrong, than believe in nothing and be wrong.

Damn you’ve got an irresistible mouth. You should hold it against me more often.” ~Luke, Kissing the Maid of Honor

How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. It's more evident now.

The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.

Well, the rain had stopped but the pain was still there.

A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present.

Did you read last nights assignments?" Say "yes'" and get hammered again. Say "no'" and the same thing would happen.

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.

When you look at a corpse you can always sense your own breath better.