Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

Each phase of the transformation process has distinct milestones, is progressive, and is not revisited.

I always felt slightly grubbier than most American people. I was never quite as groomed as everyone else, never quite as fit as anyone else. I didn't have my protein shake and my vitamins.

The picture of me is nearly finished, and I think it is magnificent. The green and blue of the dress is splendid, and the expression as Lady Macbeth holds the crown over her head is quite wonderful.

That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed.

The fruits of the tree of Knowledge are various; he must be strong indeed who can digest all of them.

We start out as little bits of disconnected dust.

Responding to climate change will become the obsession of the next decade in much the same way terrorism was this decade's obsession.

I get drawn in when I feel there is something deep and mysterious going on beneath the surface of something.

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.