The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

You are what you are. It is my opinion that trouble in the world comes from people who do not know what they are, and pretend to be something they're not.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.

If you are willing to take the punishment, you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial, the battle ugly, is another point.

Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.