American Quotes

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

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

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem; how do you approach the problem?

Liberation movements - prizing ends over means - are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions.

Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.

In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go out and find the story, and then fussing with other people's words - I just didn't get the appeal of that.

If a candidate for president said he believed that space aliens dwell among us, would that affect your willingness to vote for him? Personally, I might not disqualify him out of hand; one out of three Americans believe we have had Visitors and, hey, who knows? But I would certainly want to ask a few

I'm a Capricorn, actually.

I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.

I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.

I think if you're a regular viewer of Fox News, you're among the most cynical people on planet Earth. I cannot think of a more cynical slogan than 'Fair and Balanced.'

I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it.

I have nothing against conservative people putting out conservative commentary or doing conservative broadcasting, or liberal people doing liberal broadcasting, or conservative blogs or liberal blogs.