I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell.

I saw with my eyes people with and without purpose, people with the purpose know where they are going and the others follow the flow!?

He who forecasts all perils will never sail the sea.

I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look.

Acting is an animal thing, not an intellectual thing.

We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.

Beauty is like life itself: a dawn mist the sun burns off. It gives no peace, no rest.

When I've finished one project, I start thinking about the next.

I do not propose to criticize the fatuous argument I have just outlined; here, to expound is to expose.

The more communities in which you are an active participant, the more likely it is that you'll be happy.