"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."

"When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don't feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one."

"We're all in this alone."

"Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them."

"I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain."

"Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?"

"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."

"The public is a ferocious beast -- one must either chain it up or flee from it."

"The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does."

"Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance."

"The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, 'The trouble with this country is....'"

"There's not a woman in the book, the plot hinges on unkindness to animals, and the black characters mostly drown by Chapter 29."