The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.

When I feel the heat, I see the light.

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.

We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.

A dead war horse is the single most expensive corpse you’ll ever see.

It's her ability as an artist to see possibility where others see a blank page and, by extension, to see victory where others see certain defeat that truly empowers her...

If you have fun and keep a good attitude, people want to work with you.

My black-and-white work is more of a celebration, and the color work became more of a critique of society.

I don't think of myself as an evil monster and I hope I'm not.

I'm fascinated by people's process. Everyone's process is a little bit different, and just to see the different paths that people take to get where they are is really interesting to me.

Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the humanity as well.

Music doesn't need to be perfect, but you'll know when it's right.

You have to say no to something else, in order to make time to pray.

Everyone wants to be truth tellers today while never thinking we are the ones who need the truth told to us. It's quite amusing.