There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil that has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk.

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.

There is no pathos more bitter than that of parting from someone we have never met.

Evil is inevitable, ' Reuben quoted, 'in the course of a creation which develops with time.

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things.

My dad was a violent alcoholic. Really aggressive.

Never underestimate the power of denial.

For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.

I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now, If they don't know your dreams, they can't shoot 'em down.

It is not always easy, for a woman alone.

Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.

In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.