I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse.

Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering with the movement of the train, the dead man seemed to laugh too.

I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't know it, but baby was dead, and in a way I couldn't have loved her more.

There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.

When life attains a crisis, man’s focus narrows. […] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.

You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.

I'd been chasing females all my life, not paying no mind to the fact that whatever's got tail at one end has teeth at the other, and now I was getting chomped.

If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.

A weed is a plant out of place.

I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.

If you're focused, you can't get bored.

Kids, Madison Avenue is lying to you. Your parents are lying to you. The president is lying to you.

The economy in Gaza is declining because Gaza is controlled by a terror regime.

There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place.

Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.

I am suspicious without a motive, and jealous without love; although I feel I ought to love since I desire to be loved.

Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

A man that will take back a move at Chess will pick a pocket

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

People often say motivation doesn't last. But neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.