He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker.

We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation.

I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.

Every student has the ability to be a successful learner.

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend

Less government in business and more business in government.

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God.

I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.

I knew that this job would be too much for me.

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.

Ending a problem is not a solution for that Problem.

The measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events. It is between bites that the lukewarm angler loses heart.

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

As we regularly spend time reading God's Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in position for Him to do things in our lives we could never do on our own.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.