our deeds have even less substance than we ourselves.

the Empire State Building was tall. So what? Just proved New York builders didn't know when to stop at a good story.

one pities most those who loved, and still died. Only those who love, dread death.

Bad enough to make mistakes, without going ahead and marrying them.

It is less difficult to look beyond ... and foretell the future, than to look back and remember what has already gone before.

it's been my experience that while impossible things happen frequently, improbable ones never do.

things never seem as bad as they are.

It is possible to wish so greatly for the unattained that in time you believe it has been won - indeed, you can even remember the winning of it.

... the world was beautiful, but nobody looked at it except tourists. ... a kind of perfection of existence was always close at hand, and no one reached for it.

Adversity quickens the mind, awakens the spirit and strength the soul.

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own Word.

I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised.

By working to get away from your circumstance you can make something better of yourself, but there’s no guarantee... But you know what? The joy of it is chasing that dream.

Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.

If a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.

New England is quite as large a lump of earth as my heart can really take in.

That's at the core of equity: understanding who your kids are and how to meet their needs. You are still focused on outcomes, but the path to get there may not be the same for each one.