Never give up hope, spring will come.

I will roar argon into chlorine, xenon into fluorine, all the noble gases into reactive ones My lament will terrify even the stars.

I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, “Never give up hope, spring will come.”

I have listened and I have been quiet all my life. But now I will speak.

Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in.

I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, "Never give up hope, spring will come.

My breathe would catch at the sight of violets-so common in the woods at home, so surprising in the mountains. The violet's message was "Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in." p264

Other flowers came at the end of the summer, but by then the winter sadness had already dissipated, and the effect of the blooms was not the same.

You are significantly more likely to die in a car accident, especially if you fail to wear a seat belt, than to be attacked by ISIS. Wear your seat belt

The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions

How I love - writing, acting, breathing the atmosphere- and one day I'll have it. If I cannot write, I shall die.

It baseball is an American institution and more lasting than some marriages, war, Supreme Court decisions and even major depressions

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind.

If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.

Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Patience is timing, just being humble and being the most quiet person in the room.