I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.