A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer.

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.

Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.