The day of individual happiness has passed

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

An idea is salvation by imagination

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.