You can't feel the need to be liked in public life, because if you do you will compromise the principles that are so important to the public having confidence in your ethics and integrity.

Each step in life has been another step in an area that was a challenge, that is highly satisfying and that gives you a great sense of pride afterwards.

The scarcity of time is the reason we have to concentrate on one thing at a time.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

A sleeping pill will never take the place of a clear conscience.

My whole family is very sarcastic and constantly making jokes.

It is from the graves and ruins and rubbish-heaps of Egypt that writings have been restored to us in great numbers.

Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.

You wonderful girl. I’ve missed you so much.” “Well, now that we’re both unemployed fugitives, think of how much time we’ll have to hang out!

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

...if I can do it, it's not art.

Youth knows no remedy for grief but death.