It could have been worse. He could have said he wasn't a 'dessert person' and then I would have been forced to jump out of a moving car.

The first and great commandment is don't let them scare you.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

It requires a serious mind and a determined heart to pray past the ordinary into the unusual.

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.

I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.

A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.

It's hard to find a good man, but it's good to find a hard one.

I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.

I'm very proud that a woman, has finally been chosen as a candidate for the president of the United States, because I always felt women should be treated like first-class citizens.