Dependence begets subservience and paves the way for tyranny.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that's right for each of us. (January 15)

Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.

People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or your life. We are children for a very long time.

We have built into the constitution of the human race the habit and desire of taking, as divorced from its natural precursor and concomitant of making.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

Our art is an adventure. It is a dream come true.

It was absolutely perfect. You can handle this large aircraft as you can handle a bicycle.

She yanked my plate away and took it to the sink. She rinsed some bones that looked like pork shoulder, which was weird since we'd had chicken tonight.

Half of San Antonio's population is of Mexican descent; the other half just eats that way.