A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start, when memory plays an old tune on the heart!

You'll never be completely sure about the first move, but do it anyway.

When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.

How in this world can we put a man on the moon, and still have a need for a place like St. Judes?

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only that, you're in there laying eggs.

I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.

I definitely didn't want to be that person that came out and was like, 'O.K. I'm going to lead every parade.

The best dresses are like t-shirts - you just put them on and forget about them.

Although Christianity has never been the guarantee of a democratic state anywhere in the world, no democracy has ever thrived successfully for any period of time outside of Christian influence.

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.