“I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it”

“I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.”

“A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . . It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, 'Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?' . . . If one is not careful, one allows diversions to take up one's time—the stuff of life.”

“I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool with them. And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along the Desplaines river and I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion.”

“I am an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.”

“I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”

“My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captivein the universe.”