Politics is a game of friends.
Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.
If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
I really do believe that education, despite this massive potential in transforming human lives, has not received the kind of attention that people should have given to it.
I hope that my story, I hope that my life is. . . an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed.
It's perhaps easier now than ever before to make a good living; it's perhaps harder than ever before to stay calm, to be free of career anxiety.
To measure the man, measure his heart.