“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.”

“Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issu...”

“It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.”

“Not a lawyer but carries within him the debris of a poet.”

“If a lawyer, if a teacher, if a bus driver, if they're on $40,000 and they get offered a lot more to go somewhere else, what do you think they're going to do?”

“As a trial lawyer, intelligence is important only in the sense that it allows you to play the game, if you will. Without it, you don't even have a ticket into the competitive arena. But beyond that...”

“Our souls are always looking for love, and hearts wait to treasure it.”

“His gut was stitched up good and tight, but that didnt prevent it from flopping. He wiped his damp palms on the legs of his jeans and stood up shakily, leaning heavily on his cane.He called himself...”

“Never fall in love?""Always," said the count. "I am always in love.”

“Divided you Vanish, United you grow.”

“I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.”

“The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.”