The preacher's garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

Without calling the overall national issue a bubble, it's pretty clear that it's an unsustainable underlying pattern.

Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again.

Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work.

I have a great career, and I have wonderful fans who really are supportive and loyal - because I'm not hiding anything from them.

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.

Nothing is irresistible. There is no feeling that is irresistible.

My focus is not merely a beautiful city, but a city that's made beautiful on the parameters of good health and cleanliness