The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

I did not elaborate, nor did I need to. The human imagination is capable of anything when left on its own to fill in the blanks.

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

Everybody's got a story that could break your heart.

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.

I really believe that you have to earn things. I don't feel comfortable unless I have worked really hard.

If you find a TV series that you like, you like the tone of the TV series or the movie.

Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let's go! We're burnin' daylight!

Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above. We'll find happiness together in the summer skies of love.

The results you produce in life are inversely proportional to the degree to which you are intimidated.