Miscellaneous Quotes

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade.

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

It ain't braggin' if you can back it up.

Fantasy is a necessary ingrediant in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

Everything you want also wants you.

There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

Cliches are made because they're true.

I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.

I'm totally at home on the stage. That's where I live. That's where I was born. That's where I'm safe.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.