Archived Quotes

A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP.

It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to

Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind

the doctrine of racial division,

the doctrine of racial prejudice,

the doctrine of white supremacy.

A more secret, sweet,

and overpowering beauty appears to man

when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself

a refuge from almost all miseries of life.

You're my best friend,

and I don't even like you.

It is hard to fail,

but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

I'm always asked 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

Mail your packages early

so the post office can

lose them in time

for Christmas.

Focus on the process,

not the outcome.

The leading rule for the lawyer,

as for the man of every calling,

is diligence.

Between stimulus and response there is a space.

In that space is our power to choose our response.

If I had been white with the things I did,

they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

I’m not afraid to be different.

My philosophy is that not only,

are you responsible for your life,

but doing the best at this moment,

puts you I the best place for the next moment.

The tongue like a sharp knife…

kills without drawing blood.

Knowledge is the only immortality.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,

but what you want is someone,

who will take the bus with you,

when the limo breaks down.

Science is global.

Einstein's equation,

E=mc2,

has to reach everywhere.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity,

we should not distort it.

Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

People deserve the right to make their own choices.

But who prays for Satan?

Who, in eighteen centuries,

has had the common humanity

to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Christmas is a season

not only of rejoicing

but of reflection.