"Being too good is apt to be uninteresting."

"It sure is hell to be president."

"Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art."

"Study men, not historians."

"Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great."

"This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come."

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

"Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past."

"Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought."