Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

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

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that`s OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

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.

Effective action is always unjust.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.