History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values.

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

I look upon fine phrases as a lover. - John Keats

Do you know great people are continually quoted while the average always misquote great people?

Lewis spoke for almost every member when he said, "There is no sound I like better than adult male laughter.

We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.

Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy.

I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."

One of the greatest things about playing a villain is people wondering when he's going to make his comeback.

Remember that that "rude awakening" which your parents and well-meaning relatives threatened you with as a kid is better than no awakening at all.

A bad decision well implemented is better than a brilliant decision not well implemented.

What's the meaning of "giornalista professionista"? I have always thought a professional to be a good prostitute!