"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."

"Probably all laws are useless, for good men do not want laws at all, and bad men are made no better by them."

"He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and does not respect the old; and he is not of us, who does not order which is lawful, and prohibits that which is unlawful."

"Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago."

"Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others."

"The real giants have been poets, men who jumped from facts into the realm of imagination and ideas."

"I have a suspicion that the definition of 'crazy' in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to f*** [sleep with her] anymore."

"If I do the right kind of a job, I don't know whether I am going to be here four years from now. -- John F. Kennedy (to Richard M. Nixon, right after the Bay of Pigs invasion, 1961)."

"Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together."

"I wanted to do something nice so I bought my mother-in- law a chair. Now they won't let me plug it in."