"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty."

"I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent."

"Man's drive for self expression, which over centuries built his monuments, does not stay within set bounds; the creations, which yesterday were the detested and obscene, become the classics of today."

"A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death."

"Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes."

"There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted."

"A profession is the backbone of life."

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."

"Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song."

"I got a garage door opener. It can't close. Just open."