It is the business of the future to be dangerous.

"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination."

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft. Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all th

Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.

When democracy granted democratic methods to us in times of opposition, this was bound to happen in a democratic system. However, we National Socialists never asserted that we represented a democratic point of view, but we have declared openly that

It has long been noticed that juries are pitiless for robbery and full of indulgence for infanticide. A question of interest, my dear Sir! The jury is afraid of being robbed and has passed the age when it could be a victim of infanticide.

They spell it "da Vinci" and pronounce it "da Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.

A hundred years from now it is very likely that [of Twain's works] "The Jumping Frog" alone will be remembered.

Piece of cake!

What a bonanza! An unknown beginner to be directed by Lubitsch, in a script by Wilder and Brackett, and to play with Paramount's two superstars, Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert, and to be beaten up by both of them!

A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

"Lemme show ya the odds, Sparky... In yer country, ya got 14 million black people, and 3 million white people. Now, does the name `Custer' mean anything to you?"

What luck for the rulers that men do not think.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.