Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

There is no standing still because time is moving forward.

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. They say he give them but two words. "More weight," he says. And died.

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.

Everyone became brave from excess of terror.

The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.

I don't accept the idea that literature can be just entertainment and that there is no consequences of literature in the real world.

I have not been recognized.

I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.