Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'

The sun that rises at dawn has to set at dusk.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always pluck a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot log retain it. 

Bigotry tries to keep teeth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk. 

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.