No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

If you're taking something from people around you, take "Inspiration", not their "Character" that you've already got your own. Always be yourself.

I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.

I don't ever react to a situation. My preference is to reflect upon the circumstances & act as if I were a baby who is in possession of a new toy to play with.

Alberta funds almost all its schools and districts to design and evaluate their own innovations. Teachers are the drivers of change, not the driven.

The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.

She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand.

What I'd like to be above all is a writer.

For new ideas to be translated into new realities requires not only clarity of vision but also the opportunity to change old realities.

The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map.

To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.