The most closely organized groups and movements in the world are those which have been the least friendly to the people’s progress and liberty.
Know people for who they are rather than for what they are.
Possessions are always secondary, loved ones are all that matters.
Three most deleterious things of modern life in their present order of importance are: tobacco, alcohol and intemperate eating. Both alcohol and tobacco are taboo in plants.
Nothing’s funnier to me than laughing at myself.
When I was a little girl, I so wanted to be sociable, but I was scared that I wasn’t going to be able to speak a sentence because I had such a bad stammer.
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didnt know.
If there’s only one answer, then this must not be a very interesting topic.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.
It’s so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.
I don’t like to read books. They muss up my mind.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.
If a girl have beef with me, she gon’ have beef with me forever.
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.
I have been at it ten years. I collect them so that they will not be lost to America. We have no Egyptian mummies here, nor any relics of the Battle of Waterloo nor any curios from Pompeii. It is strictly American.
Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.
I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
When you allow a person’s words to upset you, you’re giving away your power.
