It is not the least of a martyr's scourges to be canonized by the persons who burned him.

A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

A critic is someone who enters the battlefield after the war is over and shoots the wounded.

No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in.

America... an economic system prouder of the distribution of its products than of the products themselves.

It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.

The world of shabby gentility is like no other; its sacrifices have less logic, its standards are harsher, its relation to reality is dimmer than comfortable property or plain poverty can understand.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.

The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost.

Sometimes we are able to better understand a theory or concept through a story… such stories teach you, enlighten you, and entertain you at the same time.

Less time on trivialities that will mean nothing when you're old. In the end all that will matter is who you helped and how deeply you cared

Italian-Americans are not the Mafia.

We have got nowadays so that we divide lies into white lies and black lies, society lies and business lies, etc. The Word of God knows no such letting-down of the standard.

Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.

Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.

But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all

Here we go. Kerrick was as subtle as a thunderstorm.

Who speaks of conquering? To endure is everything.

Focus, Amy. Just because he looked great in the saddle did not mean he wasn't an axe murderer.