Archived Quotes

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and

you have more imagination etc.

You have less bias.

Let us be silent,

that we may hear,.

the whispers of the gods

As long as you keep going, you'll keep getting better, And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success.

If we are not free,

no one will respect us.

My lyrics aren't offensive.

Some people find everything offensive.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

If I were to try to read,

much less answer,

all the attacks made on me,

this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

I understand a ship to be made for the carrying

and preservation of the cargo,

and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo,

it should never be abandoned.

This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless

it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist,

without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.

Principles are fine until you have to act on them.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself

and you are the easiest person to fool.

Today you are you!

That is truer than true!

There is no one alive

who is you

er than You!

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true

that makes life interesting.

Our unity is our strength,

and our diversity is our power.

I know I’m not the best

looking guy in the world,

but I’m a good person.

Build a better mousetrap

and the world will beat a path to your door.

Every stumble is not a fall,

and every fall does not mean failure.

I had to spend my life persuading my people

that what I was doing was the right thing.

If you buy things you do not need,

soon you will have to sell things you need.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored,

but that’s no reason not to give it.

I was losing interest in politics,

when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again.

What I have done since then is pretty well known.