All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

I don't approve of political jokes... I've seen too many of them get elected.

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.

I took a course in speed reading and was able to read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia.