American Quotes

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader.

We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.

Never follow the crowd.

If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.

When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.

Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.

Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism.

Try being my size and going into a public restroom.

The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia, but you can just call me Billy.

The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.