The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind.

To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true to the public.

Few men think, yet all will have opinions.

The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.

I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.

That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.

A ray of imagination or of wisdom may enlighten the universe, and glow into remotest centuries.

So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.

Anyone that will make a difference would have to put others ahead of them put others first.

I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections.

I nicknamed everyone in the gym. It was easier than remembering their names.

Get in your kitchens, buy unprocessed foods, turn off the TV, and prepare your own foods. This is liberating.

Some comedians love their characters. I don't fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You have to be willing to throw it all away.

It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.

My morale has never been higher than since I stopped asking for grants to keep my lab going.

I think any time you play your first NHL game, you remember that.

What did they feed the lions and tigers with in the ark, sir?

We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others.