When sins are dear to us we are too prone to slide into them again. The act of repentance itself is often sweetened with the thought that it clears our account for a repetition of the same sin.

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.

Leadership. Sees the future and knows the past.

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.

As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier.

I love 'Capote.' Huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman; if he's not my all-time favorite actor he's definitely in my top five. I just love him so much.

I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.

A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.

I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.

Any way, death is so final, isn't it? "Is it?" asked Richard. "Sometimes," said the marquis de Carabas. And they went down.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.