You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

We may elevate ourselves but we should never reach so high that we would every forget those who helped us get there.

No nation ever had two better friends that we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

Work to make a living; serve to make a life.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

There are two things I don't care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist's testimony, and the other is a railroad timetable.