My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

Do you, good people, believe that Adam and Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and that they were forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge? I do. The church has always been afraid of that tree. It still is afraid of knowledge. Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey. I believe in the brain of man.

Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.