There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.

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

Freedom lies in being bold.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

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

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.