God Almighty never created a man half as wise as he looks.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

It wasn't nothing, but it wasn't everything either.

The ordinary public is a puppet of worthless news and media.

Gifted students represent a vital resource that has unlimited potential. We need to make sure that these exceptional young people have the support and services they need to be successful.

One day it was about getting married that mother talked with me, and I said I was so glad that when you didn't like being married, or got tired of your husband, you could get Unmarried.

Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.

I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you.

If it is a good song, it is a good song. The Beatles were pop, the beach boys were pop and it's the best music of all time.

If things do not change, there will be nothing left to change. Either power must pass to the people or everything will perish.