Before this war is over, I intend to be a Major General or a corpse.

My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

I don't ever want something that I didn't do because I was afraid of it or I didn't think I'd be good at it - within reason. Obviously I'm never going to be able to play the trumpet.

Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

The time is short. Eternity is long. It is the time of decision.

When the great markets by the sea shut fastAll that calm Sunday that goes on and on:When even lovers find their peace at last,And Earth is but a star, that once had shone.

Make your own music. It can be done.

Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.

If you want to do bad things, science is the most powerful way to do them.

All outward success, when it has value, is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of one's faculties.