“One thing is clear to me.  You can’t know everything you’d like to know.  You can’t do everything you’d like to do.  You can’t read everything you’d like to read.  You must hold onto some things and let go of others.  Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of life.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.”
Mark Twain

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
William James

“They say such nice things about people at funerals that it makes me sad to realize I’m going to miss mine by three or four days.”
Garrison Keillor

“You can go a long way with a smile.  You can go a lot further with a smile and a gun.”
Al Capone

“A little luck and a little government are necessary in life but only a fool trusts either of them.”
P. J. O’Rourke