We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

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.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

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

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.