I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

If a man's handshake is no good all the {legal} paper in the world won't make it good.

The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.

The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.

Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?

They have vilified me, they have crucified me - yes, they have even criticized me!

If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.

Gentlemen, let's get the thing straight once and for all. The policeman isn't there to create disorder. The policeman is there to preserve disorder.

We have to face it: in America today the way to have fun and celebrate is to break a store window and take something. That's the way it is, today in America, and we have to accept it

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.

Eternity is today

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please-you can never have both.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

I think there's more real in the unreal than there is in the real.

Each tree has its own personality, i chose them by the way I felt at the moment. Sometimes they even change my sentiments. It's kind of a spiritual experience.

My theory: if the malls don't open until ten what's the point of being up earlier than that?

Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Life changes for the better when we realize that we don't have to know everything and we don't have to pretend we do.