If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

All men are equal before fish.

To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope.

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

Abiding in the vine leads to fruit bearing.

As a Christian I take it for granted that human history will some day end; and I am offering Omniscience no advice as to the best date for that consummation.

Taking the time to build community, to get to know your people will have long-lasting benefits.

We may surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers.

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

Plan your day with an eye to your tendency to procrastinate, and put in safeguards to keep it to a minimum.

Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or a stone.

My favorite way to dance is being swept off my feet by somebody who doesn't know how to dance.

You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: "What happens if I do nothing?"