He bought me so many orchids that I looked like a well-kept grave.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

I would rather have a square inch of New York than all the rest of the world.

Better a square foot of New York than all the rest of the world in a lump - better a lamppost on Broadway than the brightest star in the sky.

Success has killed more men than bullets.

A guy who'd cheat on his wife would cheat at cards.

No man can rightfully be required to join, or support, an association whose protection he does not desire.

The Art of LivingIs in the Joy of GivingWith Love in your Heart

You are accountable for your own victory or misery

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.

I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves

Our hearts must not only be broken with sorrow, but be broken from sin, to constitute repentance.

Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die.