"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."

"Remember, nothing that's good works by itself, just to please you. You have to make the damn thing work."

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking."

"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."

"A girl can't analyze marriage, and a woman dare not."

"There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation."

"Life is an effort that deserves a better cause."

"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be."

"PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics."

"Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly."