Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Have you been out in society recently? 'Cause it's SHIT.

Those who dream of the joys of living in a space colony should live in a space colony.

It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World.

This is not the first time that Mexican authorities have handed over an Arab from a country with known Al Qaeda connections to a local sheriff across the border. FBI picks them up and disappears

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.

I think gymnastics trained me as a person, too. Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

We lie by not telling you things...We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.

The most important quality for a judge is open- mindedness to the arguments.

Love is a bridge over the sea of change. Do not build a house on it.