As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language.

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.  

It is a narrow path that leads to the entry gate of objective journalism.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

The law is reason, free from passion.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.