There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Effective action is always unjust.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

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

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Be that self which one truly is.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

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

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.