Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long.

Politics is the art of making civilization work.

My lady had the body of a siren, the face of a goddess, and the mind of an Armenian camel dealer.

Throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps the loudest is usually the one that got hit.

I never figured it was a cowardly thing to be scared. It's to be scared and still face up to what scares you that matters.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most important to you, to those you love and things that matter. One can waste half a lifetime with people one doesn't really like, or doing things when one would be better off somewhere else.