A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.

Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.

In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first.

You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.

Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.

The exit is usually where the entrance was.

Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?

To wake up each morning is a miracle.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

Words are the weights which hold our history in place.

The congresspersons who are co-sponsoring the bill are being beat up in their districts with negative advertising. We need to go to them and say we understand; we're here to help and on your side.

There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

My wife is on a new diet. Coconuts and bananas. She hasn't lost weight, but can she climb a tree.

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

Choose the company of your superiors whenever you can have it.