We cannot do everything at once but we can do something at once.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

You’re one tough egg to crack. You know that? You’re like a Kinder egg wrapped inside a mystery wrapped inside an enigma.

Historically, science and society have gone separate ways, although society has provided the funds for science to grow, and in return, science has given society all the material things it enjoys.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Life is brief but love is LONG .

I don't have a Twitter account.

I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i met someone who's -- who's awesome, you know, we got along good.

Specialize in your particular field and try to know more about it than anyone else.

Feelings should always be allowed to be free. You should not judge a future love by past suffering.

I can't hang out as loose as I used to, but I can still go down Jefferson Avenue and look in the faces of winos, pimps and junkies, all the things I'm made of.

Behind every tree there's a new monster.