As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.
George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.
There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.
I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed… to refuse to barter incentive for a dole… I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopias….
I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.
I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.
I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt. . . I can't compete with that stuff.
We say the United States is a rich country, but how can we be rich when millions of poor American children go to bed hungry?
I think to love somebody every day for a long period of time is the most romantic thing you can do.
You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.