“I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans”

“We think too much and feel too little.”

“I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears.”

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”

“Like everyone else I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.”

“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.”

“I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician”