I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt

A big iron needle stitching the country together.

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.