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“It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.”
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“"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to die. I am not allowed to vindicate my character; and when I am prevented from vindicating myself, let no man dare calumniate me. Let my character and motives repose in obscurity and peace, till other times and other men can do them justice.”
Source : Speech on his trial and conviction for high treason (September, 1803); reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 230), 1922.
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“There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people. The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.”
Source : Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.16, Penguin
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“The most familiar facts are often hardest to understand.”
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“You watch people and study them the way an alien would.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great.”
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“Human progress planned as alternatives (to God's plan) introduce in justice, evil and violence rising against the divine plan of justice and salvation. And despite transitory and apparent successes, they are reduced to simple machinations destined to dissolution and failure.”
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“I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.”
Source : "Upton to revisit light bulb ban" by Darren Samuelsohn, www.politico.com. November 18, 2010.
