Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

You are alone, So alone, You speak back to silence.People call it loneliness, You call it solitude, Different words, Meaning the same pain.

If we'd never met, I think I would have known my life wasn't complete. And I would have wandered the world in search of you, even if I didn't know who I was looking for

As the psychiatrist said to the cannibal at the end of a session: "Your problem is easy you're just fed up with people."

I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.

The sun rose like a stripper, keeping its glory well covered by cloud till it seemed there'd be no show at all.

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

To assume that wealth or sexuality or the usage of power, any of these things are not void in nature, gives them a reality they don't actually have.

I really like going to see movies. I know that's super boring but it's true!

Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking the residue of all that material you absorbed over time.