"You can't surprise a man with a dog."

"Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools."

"America guarantees equal opportunity, not equal outcome."

"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris ... [because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping."

"The world is not made of molecules, the world is made of stories."

"The only thing worse than losing a battle is winning one"

"Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them."

"Why dost thou gaze upon the sky? O that I were yon spangled sphere! Then every star should be an eye, To wander o'er thy beauties here."

"God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere."

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

"It is not righteousness to outrageA brave man dead, not even though you hate him."

"My life may not be scintillating. But living it is more interesting than watching yours."