Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.
Atheists are not Americans.
I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead. For our problems are large, but our heart is larger.
We have a right to expect a police force that protects our citizens and behaves in a responsible manner. . . in the American conscience there is no room for bigotry and racism.
From last night's All Together Now, a Celebration of Service: There can be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.
Now we can see a new world coming into view, a world where there is a very real prospect of a New World Order.
The disturbers of happiness are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.
Sicilians, Calabrians, Neapolitans - there were real differences between them, and then all of a sudden they're all living in the US, and then they're all Italians.
You become a serious novelist by living long enough.
For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?