I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.

A race cannot be purified from without.

Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better.

Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.

It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too.

Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour!

The clothes are not making me... If I like it, that's all that matters...It's not about the clothes. It's about how I am as a person and how confident I am.

Cartooning is about deconstruction: you gotta tear something down to make a joke.

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.

Success, like happiness, is a by-product, not a goal.

Beauty is boring because it is predictable.

When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was "Everybody Loves a Winner."

Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.

I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the '60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories.

I want to conquer the world and it seems like my own family is putting a stop to that.

There can be goodness without much intelligence - but it seems to me that perfect intelligence and perfect goodness must go together.

I don't think Post often came to Princeton during the '30s. I can't remember ever seeing him in Princeton.

I'd take a bullet for just about anyone! If someone pulled out a gun, I'd step in front of you even though I've never met you.

I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

People care about others in their immediate network.

Why shouldn't a child look to want to be a political figure, to change our nation, to lead us the right directions?

Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards.

The Lone Star Card will make food stamp coupons obsolete.

One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do?

I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.

The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both of them.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.