Archived Quotes

What sir,

would the people of the earth be without woman?

They would be scarce, sir,

almighty scarce.

He has a right to criticize,

who has a heart to help.

You have to have a sense of humor about yourself.

Veni, vidi, vici.

(I came, I saw, I conquered.)

In a closed society where everybody’s guilty,

the only crime is getting caught.

In a world of thieves,

the only final sin is stupidity.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

'The Lorax' book was intended to be propaganda.

There comes a time

when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge

but can never prove how it got there.

There's a way to do it better find it.

I perhaps ought to say that individually

I never was much interested in the Texas question.

I never could see much good to come of annexation,

inasmuch as they were already

a free republican people on our own model.

Our best thoughts come from others.

The end of the human race

will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

To win big,

you sometimes have to take big risks.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

I wanted to know the name of every stone

and flower and insect and bird and beast,

I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life

but there was no one to tell me.

The earth laughs in flowers.

The reason why men enter into society is

the preservation of their property.

Tell me,

what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

The only way to enjoy life is through music.

Happiness is never grand.