Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

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

A person preaches well that lives well.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

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.

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.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.