Be truthful... and pay attention. I would also recommend the avoidance of credit cards.

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

You ought to pray for strength to endure every circumstance.

It is in some ways more troublesome to track and swat an evasive wasp than to shoot, at close range, a wild elephant. But the elephant is more troublesome if you miss.

There's nothing a priori good about equality. One person has three televisions, the other has two, so what?

If your vision doesn't cost you something, it's a daydream.

If you're lucky, the friends you make when you're sixteen stay with you for the rest of your life. If you're smart, you know when it's time to let them go.

And I remember most of what I know that is good and true and lasting has come not from scholars but from minstrels and gypsies.

I never knew what top golf was like until I turned professional. Then it was too late.

My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his.

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.