Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don't generally think about it.

Meat!" he said scornfully. "I'm a vegetarian."You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans, " I reminded him.Those are vegetables.

The cinema is a place of intrinsic indiscernibility between art and non-art.

If you can keep your son off the pipe and your daughter off the pole, you're ahead of the game.

It's because you alienate half the room talking about sports. Half the crowd will be against you no matter what you say.

Dreams are sent by God.

I don't know what happened to architecture [in Las-Vegas] I think they're getting us ready for space colonies or something, nobody puts a window in that you can crack.

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.