Childhood is the best period of life...

This life is the only hell believers will ever know. But for those who die in their sins, this is their only heaven.

If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours.

The days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

You have survived so muchthat no one remembers.And you still spread warmrain on all your overgrownlots. And you still get dressedin the morning. You stillopen wide for the sun.

The modern rise of Alzheimer's Disease in the twentieth century is not a sign of failure. It's a sign of success. Success in living long enough to see that disease expressed.

Early childhood education is an urgent educational, economic and moral imperative. Without it, we face a long-term national economic security crisis.

I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.

My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years.

We have states. And we have cities. And we have counties. And we have the private sector. And - and so the country still works even when Washington's dysfunctional.

Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.

For deeds to die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men to as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded by the Muses, live for ay.

If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.

Our entire being is nourished by color.