Bankers, nepotists, contracts and talkies: on four fingers one may count the leeches which have sucked a young and vigorous industry into paresis.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

You show me a politician with his heels ten feet in the air, and by Judas priest, Ill show you an honest politician.

The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.

When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?

The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.

There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own.

If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

Your eyes will contradict your words if your words contradict your thoughts and feelings.

There's a quote of hers [Lucille Ball] that I've always loved: 'I guess I would rather regret the things I've done than to regret the things I've never done.

I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend with the generous energy of a father and with the exuberant affection of a mother.

We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.

I share my life experiences as a poet with my students. My poetic difficulties, joys, struggles and discoveries. If I read a new poem or essay or book I'm excited about, I bring it in.

God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made.

Find people who are competent and really bright, but more importantly, people who care exactly about the same things you care about.

Thr principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbit; rivers make their way to the sea.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.