"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex."

“I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.”

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”

“I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who's having a good time. You sure as hell don't want to be with somebody who's having a bad day.”

Source : "Wolfman Jack signs off at 57", www.cnn.com. July 2, 1995.

“No country has a perfect report card. While some countries have strong points in specific areas, they may have serious lacunae in other areas. For instance, some countries have made enormous progress on civil and political rights, but lag in the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights.”

Source : Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, July 1, 2013.

“If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell.”

“The behavior of the minority warranted the sergeant at arms being called.”

“One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.”

Source : "Outside cash keeps Mandel afloat" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. June 17, 2012.

“The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of ethical responsibility, deprives him of his wholeness and imposes a painful fragmentariness on his life.”