(Abraham Lincoln's) weathered face was homely as a plowed field.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Dreaming men are haunted men.

Life is not lost by dying! Life is lost, Minute by minute, day by dragging day, In all the thousand, small, uncaring ways...

Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his speech is strange," you have denied America with that word.

Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you might die of the truth.

Broad-streeted Richmond . . . The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name.

I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Every occasion is an opportunity to glorify God.

Your success depends on your ability to dream and follow through on those dreams.

The world is just - it's wonderful when you look at all the detail. It's just amazing.

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him, they would perhaps have remained mere imbeciles.

Women are not forgiven for aging.

You see somebody down, that's lonely, take them to lunch. Encourage them.

The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.