Society and the World

Enthusiasm is caught, not taught .

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Men are like bank accounts. The more money, the more interest they generate.

I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets .

Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company .

College is a place where a professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either.

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

We are all ignorant; just about different things.

Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling.

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.