The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

That which costs little is less valued.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.