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

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

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

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

Ah just act the way ah feel.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.