In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination

The piano may do for love-sick girls who lace themselves to skeletons, and lunch on chalk, pickles and slate pencils, but give me the banjo.

I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth.

I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977 I shall be 142.

I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.

Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.