When any work seems to have required immense force and labor to effect it, the idea is grand.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

The journey we take is not meant to be taken alone we're to take it together.

I was born in the house my father built.

I'm completely indifferent to what genre I read provided that I feel sympathy with how a writer perceives being alive in the world.

I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

Goods move in response to price differences from points of low to points of higher price, the movement tending to obliterate the price difference and come to rest.

I don't do much cooking, but one of my favorite dishes to eat is my wife's macaroni and cheese.

I liked a lot of the scenes I did with Ryan Phillippe.

My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters.

In retrospect, of course I regret calling them (Charlton fans) morons. Imbeciles would have been more appropriate.

In a drop of rain can be seen the colors of the sun.