“You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.”

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Common sense ain’t common.

Don’t gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.

Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won’t work.

The more ignorant you are, the quicker you fight.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Do the best you can, and don’t take life too serious.

You can’t say civilization don’t advance, in every war they kill you in a new way.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

Work to make a living; serve to make a life.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.

We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

I’m not me but living matter fermenting and forming its own shapes in the fruitfulness of every day.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

There were thirst and hunger, and you were the fruit. There were grief and the ruins, and you were the miracle.

The importance of the new plant of progress and in the fruits it will bear.

When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.