One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.

The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.

The only identification that would be inscribed on any cat's collar would be "This is the cat's cat."

All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a not too heavy cost.

The first and great commandment is don't let them scare you.

This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Worry is absence of faith.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.

Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps.

Each language has its own temperament; some languages make a poem more dramatic or sad, and others make it more playful.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life.

The worlds of thought and action overlap. What you think has a way of becoming true.

Where two nations are gonna have a summit and a joint agreement's gonna be announced, the joint agreement and the language is all decided before the summit ever happens.

I know that things get worse before they get better because that’s what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big.

Complete self-devotion is woman's part.