I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
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.
Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.
The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
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.
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!
If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.