The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness.

Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I do not believe there are any new objections to be discovered to the truth of Christianity. Men may argue ingeniously against our faith, but what can they say in defense of their own?

Oh! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

The brains of members of the Press departments of motion-picture studios resemble soup at a cheap restaurant. It is wiser not to stir them.

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, "You know what you saw. The bird doesn't need to be counted, and neither do you.

'The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously about surviving with other people.

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.

I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.

Corporations! It's like there are these gigantic monsters living among us, and we don't mind that they're monsters because when we look at them they smile and hand us cheeseburgers. That's nuts.

If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.