Part of the American myth is that people who are handed the skin of a dead sheep at graduating time think that it will keep their minds alive forever.

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.

So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.