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Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.

The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

That's why I don't understand why actors become arrogant and are completely unapproachable - because as an actor, the most valuable thing you can do is talk to people and hear their stories, because it'll all come in handy.

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.

I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.

I just feel happy to be in America, like I said, it's the most beautiful country in the world.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?

What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense.