What is written beneath this heavy handsome book cover will count, so sayeth this cover…

One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before.

Oh to have you with me, to have you here, not to be alone, but to be with you, my beauty, you of all souls! You.

I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste.

Live for what you love, and die for what you're unwilling to live without...

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but I will surely kill you.

If you're not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It's the nature of the institution, but I think we've taken it to an art form.

Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.

I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.

If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.

Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done