The great thing about the United States is our ability to absorb foreign people and make them a part of us.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

You just don't know anything unless you can write it. Sure you can argue things out in your own head and bring them out at parties, but in order to argue anything thoroughly, you must be able to put it down on paper.

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.