Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

life weighs heavy upon my shoulders and patience starts wearing thin, it is divine hope and dreams which sustain me, pushing me forth against the wind.

Sometimes you're not ready to give the world quite what it wants. And that's okay, because the Earth is generously patient.

I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.

You can never loose a thing If it belongs to you.

The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort.

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism.

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

Attention is the intention to live without reservation in the here-and-now.