Words themselves become beings, sentences becomenatural vegetation to be guided by the gardener's hands.

The biggest big business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television. It is the manufacture, refinement and distribution of anxiety.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.

Wisdom is essential in a president, the appearance of wisdom will do in a candidate.

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

The major cause of problems are solutions

No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

Above all, faith is grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It is an biological phenomenon and not a psychic creation

I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.

The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.

I never, absolutely never, keep people waiting.

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.

It's not what I don't know that bothers me - it's what I do know and don't do!

Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.