“I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.”

“She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.”

“Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.”

“Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”

“Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.”

“Nearly one-half of all Americans are torsos.”

“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”

“Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”

“George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.”

“We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.”