Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

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

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

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

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.