I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses.

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

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

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

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

I want to put a ding in the universe.