What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race, now called Americans, have arisen.

True strength isn’t being able to knock your enemies down, it’s being able to hold yourself upright against their blows.

If you raise a daughter to be both independent and an excellent marksman, you have to accept the fact that your control over her actions is at an end.

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.

That's not free market when companies go out and move and sell back into America. No, that's the dumb market, O.K.? That's the dumb market.

I think President Obama's been terrific.

For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own.

Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary.

Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time.

... the laws of physics and of logic ... the number system ... the principle of algebraic substitution. These are ghosts. We just believe in them so thoroughly they seem real.