I have never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.

Communism has defeated itself everywhere except... in American colleges.

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.

If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each other’s pockets and somehow get rich.

We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

You can always tell when you are on the road to success; it's uphill all the way.

I hope someday to have so much of what the world calls success, that people will ask me, "What's your secret?" and I will tell them, "I just get up again when I fall down."

Never modify your goals, amplify your might.

She cries cuz shes lost and she doesn't even know what she wants. Her eyes grow cold as she begs the world to just let her go.lines from Love Vs Destiny...

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.

For me, victory isn't measured by winning in the traditional sense.

ROTC programs at Ivy League campuses would liberalize the military. That can only be good for this country.

A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

The harder you work out, the more you should stretch.

As the old fisherman remarked after explaining the various ways to attach a frog to a hook, it's all the same to the frog.

Knowledge is the source of Wealth. Applied to tasks we already know, it becomes Productivity. Applied to tasks that are new, it becomes Innovation.