When I go down into the ground at last, as God is my judge, I pray my best-beloved may have better to say of me than, "He didn't hit me."

Our children change us... whether they live or not.

I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.

One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

There was no limit to what one man might do, if he gave all, and held back nothing.

We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it.