They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there's no limit to the power it can generate.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

Things do not get better by being left alone.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.