My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching through an educational system is a sure cure for ignorance and mediocrity.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things.

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what the hell the rest of the United States is.