A theme is always necessary, a plain, simple, unadorned theme to confuse the ignorant.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

People change and forget to tell each other.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always.

Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.

Teach men how to fish, but also teach them how to preserve fish.

There is only one heart in my body, have mercy on me.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

Second, this law has become a special symbol of our Nation's most important purpose: to fulfill the individual - his freedom, his happiness, his promise.

We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism

It's only by investing properly in our defense that we can ensure we're properly equipped to face our shared challenges together.

Drop that zero and get with the hero!