Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself.

Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that showsNothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.

Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

In my opinion, the state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top.

No great thing comes without a curse.

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

Wait not while your foe fits arrow to bowstring when you can send your own arrow into him.

In the Republican party, crazy is a constituency.

Do not lounge in the cities! There is room & health in the country, away from the crowds of idlers & imbeciles. Go west, before you are fitted for no life but that of the factory.

Ninety-nine point nine percent of the people that are gun owners are very responsible.

I always do things before I go on a case and when I leave a case. I even do that when I'm out on the road.

One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face.