“The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.”

Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom

Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.

I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

To think is to differ.

I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.

There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.

Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.

Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.

Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.

All I do is get better.

We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.

Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.

There’s nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.

You don’t know what you don’t want, until you know better. Give yourself some grace.

If you’re doing something and keep doing it, you’re gonna get better results.