You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks.

I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.

You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They're admired and hero-worshipped but there is always present underlying desire to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory.

One does not have to make Frank Capra movies to like people.

It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.