I am not a promoter of more laws, just better ones.

I believe this not in the sense that it is part of my creed, but in the sense that it is one of my opinions. My religion would not be in ruins if this opinion were shown to be false.

There’s a little angel on one of my shoulders saying that this is a wicked thing to do. Then there’s a little devil on my other shoulder, and she looks a lot like you.

It is easy to convince a man who already thinks as you do.

Do you know, a horrible thing has happened to me. I have begun to doubt Tennyson.

Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.

Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but the very exceptional. And measuring originality by deviation from the mass breeds eccentricity in them.

I'm a different actor than you thought I was. Don't put me in a box. I'm not just some kid running around screaming curse words.

Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

The so called "progress," "time marching on," is not a straight line, but a pendulum.