Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest.

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

It’s a rather rude gesture, but at least it’s clear what you mean.

All gamblers lose regularly, but they rarely discuss it in public. Losing is bad for the image, dude. Nobody buys Hot Tips from Losers. Remember that.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I’ll give you an example; I don’t read what’s handed to me. People say, ‚Here, here’s your speech, or here’s an idea for a speech.‘ They’re changed. Trust me.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.

Debates, I hate.

It’s a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

My heroes don’t have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don’t know how, so they talk to themselves.

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.

That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.

My wife thinks she’s better than me at puzzles. I haven’t given in on that one yet.

I’ll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it’s disappointing.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

I don’t have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had.

We don’t get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That’s what’s important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

Hear reason, or she’ll make you feel her.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

One must steer, not talk.

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I’d written, I don’t want to leave that behind.

‚Love Story‘ is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn’t like him. All of them!

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Words may show a man’s wit but actions his meaning.

An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

I’m sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?

If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.

My daughter doesn’t even get my humor. She’s like, ‚Um, no. I don’t get it, Dad. Mmm, no, not that one, Dad.‘

If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

I don’t like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.

You are Mrs. Reagan because Mr. Reagan loves you with all his heart.

Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.