“One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.”

“The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.”

“I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do.”

“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”

“There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.”

“Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.”

“I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.”

“Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.”

“Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.”