I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon. As a matter of course, I went into politics.

A speech is entertaining only when serenely detached from all information.

Silence is the best substitute for brains ever invented.

Politics is like roller skating. You go partly where you want to go, and partly where the damn things take you.

It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that mankind ... has about a 50-50 chance...

When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

No man is fit to be a Senator...unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.

I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.

That man has no shadow.

We've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.

I love how a story can help someone discuss something they otherwise would not.

In those days [the 1790s],the students paid their professors directly for the lectures-typically about three guineas a class (a guinea was worth slightly more than a pound).

I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely.

With a chemical alarm, you're going to build one that is oversensitive because you would rather the alarm go off and give you a false alarm than to err on the other side

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to speculate about.

Love! the surviving gift of Heaven, The choicest sweet of Paradise, In life's else bitter cup distilled.