Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them.

...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed forward, then soaked forward, and finally stopped altogether until another bucket could be brought.