Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Black people have never rioted. A riot is what white people think blacks are involved in when they burn stores.

Either I'm dead or my watch has stopped.

A good name lost is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.

"Elves and Dragons!" I says to him. "Cabbages and potatoes are better for you and me."

Dignity is like a flag. It flaps in a storm.

...He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at, but neither does he hate it. Therefore, laughing at evil means not preparing oneself to combat it, and laughing at good means denying the power through which good is self-propagating.

The government [is] extremely fond of amassing great quantities of statistics. These are raised to the nth degree, the cube roots are extracted, and the results are arranged into elaborate and impressive displays. What must be kept ever in mind, how

"Whom are you?" said he, for he had been to night school.

We are giving instruction to FBI agents in the various Chinese dialects ... to handle present and likely future contingencies.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both of his.

Just close your eyes, tap your heels together three times, and think to yourself, `There's no place like home.'

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back the when it begins to rain.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.

I don't give a shit what happens. I want you all to stonewall it. Let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover up, or anything else if it'll save the plan.

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.

The primary theme of SoupCon is communication. The acronym "LEO" represents the secondary theme: Law Enforcement Officials The overall theme of SoupCon shall be: Avoiding Communication with Law Enforcement Officials

The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

If you have seen one city slum you have seen them all.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.