“Sir, your ideas are incorrect in every possible respect.”

“If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.”

“Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.”

“Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool,
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.”

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.”

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”

“Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.”

“It was in order to avoid any incorrect assessment on the part of your Government with respect to Cuba that I publicly stated that if certain developments in Cuba took place, the United States would do whatever must be done to protect its own security and that of its allies.”

“I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

“How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?”