Wherever the hope of glory lives, hopelessness passes away.

And now we step to the rhythm of miracles.--from The Light, That Never Dies

To think of him in the middle of the day lifts me out of ordinary living.

The power that comes from knowing the facts of history is dwarfed by the power that comes from being able to shape the stories about how that history is written and told.

That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.

You won't now tell people you're in your 60′s Indeed, you'll have to pretend, no end That you're close to being 70 Let me be the first to agree, old friend

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you.

The heart is the mainspring.

Say, did you read what this writer just dug up in George Washington's diary? I was so ashamed I sat up all night reading it.

You are an alchemist; make gold of that.