When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.

I’m in love with my corporate girlfriend, with the Cyclops heart

What simple andordinary lives we live, underneath the shadowsof projection screenartists

Because any guilt the sizeof a speck of dust, or shame, can crush even the best of men, in mountains of weight

Too many codeine pills, Too many nights of cold chillsToo many weak-handed dealsToo many lives, the addict steals

America—where we hate our fathers, love our mothers, andeveryone is hung up on tryingto be a man

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins, because we are truly children of the stars.

Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.

Next time a man tells you talk is cheap, ask him if he knows how much a session of Congress costs.

Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.

There are two indiscretions that generally distinguish fools: a readiness to report whatever they hear, and a practice of communicating with secrecy what is commonly understood.

To love is to approach each other center to center.

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.

Happiness just wasn't part of the job description back then. You tried to find a helpmate to keep the cold wind and dogs at bay. Happiness just wasn't part of the equation. Survival was.