Archived Quotes

Football is a simple game;

22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes,

and at the end,

the Germans always win.

It’s not bragging if you can back it up.

Why was the amendment,

expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery,

voted down?

Plainly enough now,

the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche

for the Dred Scott decision.

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

One year they asked me

to be poster boy for birth control.

If you don’t have a sense of humor,

you’re doomed.

You don’t live in the past,

you live in the moment.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation

will be the philosophy of government in the next.

If a country is to be

corruption free and become

a nation of beautiful minds,

I strongly feel there are

three key societal members

who can make a difference.

They are the father,

the mother and the teacher.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell,

it is simply purgatory.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence,

and then success is sure.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance

to the proper execution of all physical action.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires,

but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Work hard in silence,

let your success make the noise.

A word after a word after a word is power.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,

I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at

the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

We suffer from an incurable disease called hope.

For me,

it's like yesterday

I was driving the packages to the post office myself.

Attitude and enthusiasm

play a big part in my life.

I get excited about the

things that inspire me.

I also believe in laughing

and having a good time.