“Give me an honest con man any day.”
“Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day.”
“You cannot con an honest man.”
“I don't think any man could solve the world's problems overnight, myself included. You'd better give me at least two days.”
“Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man. Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man. Any man who is afraid to have his doctrine investigated is not only a coward but a hypocrite.”
“Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.”