You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

It would take a helluva man to replace no man at all.

You'll never win anything with kids

Most of the time, we respond to life without taking a moment

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

I'm never gonna step away from stand-up. I can't. That's what got me where I am, and that's also my muse. That's how I stay level-headed. That's what keeps me going.

My father's body lies in a stone tomb high on a hill. People walk by, pause, think their own thoughts about him and move on, back to their own lives. I can never move on. He is everywhere.

The essence of risk management lies in maximizing the areas where we have some control over the outcome while minimizing the areas where we have absolutely no control over the outcome.

Cursed is everyone who places his hope in changing the nature of man

I've always believed film is most close to music of all the other arts.

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.