Chauncey Depew

“The man who can make a good after-dinner speech is the man who can make the guests feel that they have made it.”

“There is no fun in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.”

“The only real luck is to be born with the ability to find the luck.”

“I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.”

“The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we're ready for it.”

“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it.”

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”

“A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.”

“A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.”

“I am not a free trader, but I am a cheap trader.”

“The secret of longevity is to eat everything you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

“No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.”