Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.