He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
My eyes swam and watered and I literally couldn't breathe through the pain.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.