I can only speak for myself and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And hopefully they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day I just want my work to speak for itself.

Man is properly speaking based upon hope he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.

So I got home and the phone was ringing. I picked it up and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.'

History is strictly speaking the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

Generally speaking historically in this country the care of a child has been thought of as female business.

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.