“Great success always comes at the risk of enormous failure.”

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.

I don’t think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.

You will go most safely by the middle way.

First appearance deceives many.

Comedy is a serious business. A serious business with only one purpose -to make people laugh.

Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.