“Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.”

Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law.

Good fences make good neighbors.

Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.

The best way out is always through.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.

Any work of art must first of all tell a story.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

All thought is a feat of association; having what’s in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn’t know you knew.

The test is always how we treat the poor.

All the fun is in how you say a thing.

What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.

I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.

God loves you, and this is something on which all our religious traditions are agreed.

They sayin I’m back, I agree with that.

Your very silence shows you agree.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.

I’d rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me.