Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

...I’m sorry you grew up without me and that fatherly moments came second hand like clothing and toys from your brothers...

Style, after all, rather than thought, is the immortal thing in literature.

There is so much life underneath the water that we dont know about.

Not seeing rivers is also another way of dying.

God is always at war with sin

Find earth where grows no weed, and you may find a heart wherein no error grows.

I've been a dad since I was nineteen, so I think a lot about fatherhood and the power of that sacrifice in your life.

XL is a world class brand with very successful insurance, reinsurance and life reinsurance businesses and I look forward to helping it realize its full potential.

When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion fled, itself alone.

When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.