Alphabet Quotes

I wish to preach,

not the doctrine of ignoble ease,

but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

If a man can...

make a better mousetrap,

the world will make a beaten,

path to his door.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

I spent a lot of money on booze,

birds, and fast cars.

The rest I just squandered.

I guess you'd call me an independent,

since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics.

I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as

I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves,

no matter what the party label.

With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.

We are a puny and fickle folk.

Avarice,

hesitation,

and following are our diseases.

Being able to admit you’re wrong is a great thing.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that

a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually

listening to what another has to say.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun,

the moon, and the truth.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought

not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Every film should have its own world,

a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the story itself.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very';

your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Suppose you were an idiot,

and suppose you were a member of Congress;

but I repeat myself.

Imagine all the people living life in peace.

I find that the harder

I work the more luck

I seem to have.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.