As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very much like being in an art school imbedded in a regular high school curriculum.

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.

While it was a very interesting period in my life, I was happy to get back to more direct contact with students in the classroom and in my research projects.

I entered the Physics Department in 1950, receiving a Master's degree in 1953 and a Ph.D. in 1956. It is difficult to convey the sense of excitement that pervaded the Department at that time.

When there were financial difficulties they still managed to provide us with music and art lessons.

Take the breath of the new dawn and make it part of you. It will give you strength.

I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

Where is your unit?" Murphy asked. I wiggled my eyebrows at her. "Right where it's always been, dollface.

The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

It is hard enough luck being a monarch, without being a target also.

God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.

If the victories we create in our heads were let loose on reality, the world we know would drown in blazing happiness.

Every time passionate people fail, they are convinced that they are simply one step closer to fulfilling their dream.