Jessie had never heard you could inherit madness. She thought madness was something that just happened to people in Shakespeare when the wind got up.

"Plain English" - everybody loves it demands it - from the other fellow.

Grief is a process, not a state.

Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.

I was a musician first before anything.

Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.

There is a bigotry rampant in America, against evangelicals. It is the last respectable bigotry.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.

My philosophy is to enjoy yourself. Do the things you want to do, like play golf!

I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.

There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.