Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.