war is a ferocious form of insanity. Nothing can justify it.

So long as a man attends to his business the public does not count his drinks. When he fails they notice if he takes even a glass of root beer.

No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone. A dollar mark would not look well there.

sanity, in my opinion, is an achievement. I have seen very few well-balanced people in my life who were not dunces.

Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination frequently rubs your vanities the wrong way.

I love truth, although I shall die hating mere facts, because they are misleading.

I was not too stupid to learn, but too smart. Some instinct must have warned me that a woman accomplished in the domestic arts is frequently enslaved by them.

Maybe I shall never achieve happiness, but one thing I have had - the terrible wisdom of love.

I believe if we can wait long enough that every honorable sorrow will become a kind of joy.

This is the wonderful thing about the pure in heart--they do see God.

... to be human is to be on the defensive, somewhere, somehow.

Step beyond the scopes and limits because a narrow minded person has such boundaries of thinking “I cannot, but I must

The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.

Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

The United States will not be in Afghanistan forever.

Whether you believe you can or not, you're right.

There are a couple of projects that are sort of on the plate; I haven't closed any of them yet. I'm trying to figure out which one is going to be the best one for me.

We create revolution by living it.

If you want to pay off your debts, it pays to increase your earning power.

I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.

But oh! each visitation Suspends what nature gave me any my birth, My shaping spirit of Imagination.