I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

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

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

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

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again...

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

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

Genius is sorrow's child.