It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

If you lose a son you can always get another, but there's only one Maltese Falcon.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

Don't guess

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

I remember once being on a station platform in Cleveland at four in the morning. A black porter was carrying my bags, and as we were waiting for the train to come in, he said to me: "Excuse me, Mr. Cooke, I don't want to invade your privacy, but I h

If there were a school for, say, sheet metal workers, that after three years left its graduates as unprepared for their careers as does law school, it would be closed down in a minute, and no doubt by lawyers.

One big pile is better than two little piles.

Some men are heterosexual, and some are bisexual, and some men don't think about sex at all... they become lawyers.

Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

There must be more to life than having everything.

"Yes, that was Richard Nixon. He used to be President. When he left the White House, the Secret Service would count the silverware."

Never trust an automatic pistol or a D.A.'s deal.

The clergy successfully preached the doctrines of patience and pusillanimity; the active virtues of society were discouraged; and the last remains of a military spirit were buried in the cloister: a large portion of public and private wealth was cons

You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.