 The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all. |
| We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect. |
| India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator. |
| A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. |
| The price of greatness is responsibility. |
| I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. |
| I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. |
| It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. |
| Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. |
| No crime is so great as daring to excel. |
| I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. |
| There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. |
| No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections. |
| We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. |
| I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. |
| Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway. |
| Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. |
| I am easily satisfied with the very best. |
| The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it. |
| Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter. |
