O you youths, Western youths, So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, Plain I see you Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, Pioneers! O pioneers!

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

Resist much, obey little.

Peace is always beautiful.

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.

For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers!

If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.

not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo, The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.

Man is the only animal who is prone to insanity.

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

The simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love.

You must throw away your bad habits to get good.

There's no one who's ever been significantly in my life for whom I don't have a sort of tenderness because they helped to shape who I am.

In a true free market economy, you can't make yourself rich without enriching your community.

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with

I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.

I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.