To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

The national park is the best idea America ever had.

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.

Communication is the key to education, understanding and peace.

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows.

Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Matter is but the artificial division of energy.

That's all any of us have in the end, isn't it? there is death ahead of all of us. And so we live.

I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.

The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will always take pride in cultural heritage.

Amusement to an observing mind is study.

It's about whittling. It's about taking something and whittling and whittling and getting it sharp and perfect. Then you've got something.

God is out there watching you, even when you're away from home and that if you put your trust in God, you'll be all right in the end.

I never work from the script. I get the script more or less.

There is no sorrow like a love denied. Nor any joy like love that has its will.