Archived Quotes

I can hear you.

The rest of the world hears you.

And the people who knocked these buildings down

will hear all of us soon.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration

that if at the end...

I have lost every other friend on earth,

I shall at least have one friend left,

and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Talent wins games,

but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

My lyrics aren't offensive.

Some people find everything offensive.

Upon the subjects of which I have treated,

I have spoken as I have thought.

I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but,

holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be

right than at all times to be wrong,

so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous,

I shall be ready to renounce them.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth,

but delicious in the years of maturity.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

You have power over your mind—not outside events.

Realize this,

and you will find strength.

There is another old poet whose name

I do not now remember who said,

'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

I don't know who I am,

but I know who I'm not.

I’ve always been fascinated by history.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Education is not the filling of a pail,

but the lighting of a fire.

Lazy people may look busy,

but they are only wasting time.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

I think I’m a very lucky guy.

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction.

Fiction has to make sense.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free...

so other people would be also free.

Attitude and enthusiasm

play a big part in my life.

I get excited about the

things that inspire me.

I also believe in laughing

and having a good time.