It's the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

You must want it, to chase for it.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so -bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say "This was their finest hour."

Time is the one thing that can never be retrieved.

I keep my ideals because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

The man without religion is as a ship without a rudder.

Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it hasn't changed since the law passed.

I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window.

Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.