All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

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

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near.

Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

The cure for boredom is curiosity.There is no cure for curiosity.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

I don't do drugs, I am drugs

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.