I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point."

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

Somewhat alarmed at the continued growth of the number of employees on the Department of Agriculture payroll in 1962, Michigan Republican Robert Griffin proposed an amendment to the farm bill so that "the total number of employees in the Department

Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.

I'd just as soon kiss a Wookie.

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

How is the world ruled, and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, and they believe what they read.

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Patch griefs with proverbs.

Must I hold a candle to my shames?

No Marxist can deny that the interests of socialism are higher than the interests of the right of nations to self-determination.

In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the

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

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

No television performance takes as much preparation as an off-the-cuff talk.

If I cannot bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

It doesn't matter whether you win or lose

The sky is blue so we know where to stop mowing.

You cannot see the wood for the trees.

The hater of property and of government takes care to have his warranty deed recorded, and the book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title page.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Nixon and the White House.

Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it.

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.

It is easier to be a "humanitarian" than to render your own country its proper due; it is easier to be a "patriot" than to make your community a better place to live in; it is easier to be a "civic leader" than to treat your own family with loving un

A myth is a religion in which no-one any longer believes.

Let's say your wedding ring falls into your toaster, and when you stick your hand in to retrieve it, you suffer Pain and Suffering as well as Mental Anguish. You would sue: * The toaster manufacturer, for failure to include, in the instructions

History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree on.

"...The name of the song is called 'Haddocks' Eyes'!" "Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to feel interested. "No, you don't understand," the Knight said, looking a little vexed. "That's what the name is called. The nam

I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed i

Delay not, Caesar. Read it instantly.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

One good turn asketh another.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

Your chances of getting hit by lightning go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say, "Storms suck!"

You can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

He thinks the Gettysburg Address is where Lincoln lived.

Some days you wake and immediately start worrying. Nothing in particular is wrong, it's just the suspicion that forces are aligning quietly and there will be trouble.