I have spent too much of my life opening doors for cats—I once calculated that, since the dawn of civilization, nine hundred and seventy-eight man-centuries have been used up that way. I could show you figures.

All cats are not gray after midnight.

Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.

People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.

We came here for a small, informal meeting. We find you've turned it into a circus. Well, if you're going to have a circus, you've got to have elephants.

In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

I believe in the honest craft of workmen.