"If Jerry Brown is the answer, it must be a very peculiar question."

"It is a rather pleasant experience to be alone in a bank at night."

"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."

"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."

"There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule."

"The notion of picking one time of year to be decent to other people is obscene because it's actually validating the notion of being miserable wretches the rest of the year."

"Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better."

"The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line."

"Offended vanity is the great separator in social life."

"Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort."

"I am not sure I am willing to do what it takes to become President of the United States"

"What do you gain in heaven? You become gods, drink nectar, and get rheumatism. There is less misery there than on earth, but also less truth."