I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in asserting our local community rights globally. We shall continue to do so.

Life is like a rushing river. If we fight the current we are drawn under and drown in emotion.

And now the matchless deed's achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.

Till the first friend dies, we think our ecstasy impersonal, but then discover that he was the cup from which we drank it, itself as yet unknown.

A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.

I remember feeling, 'If you do not leave now, you won't leave with your soul intact.'

I lost all respect for angstroms.

Growing up, I thought I'd have at least five kids.

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event

I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano

The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet.