Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the Candidate in opposition to General Jackson, and elected and the country saved the misery that followed.

His letter was like the shock produced by a cold bath.

Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the most popular man in the United States.

His deep voice rumbled. "You are all that ever mattered to me.

Sometimes you've got to get a machete and hack your way through the kudzu to make your own path in life.

It wasn't the "I love you" she heard that made her let him go. It was the "Come with me" that she didn't.

The greyhound that starts many hares kills none.

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

With a polite smile, I decided she was insane.

Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous.

Always gone but never hard to find.. And since you can't escape me, do I ever cross your mind?

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence.

It's easier to fall back into old behaviors when you come back to a place where you were a shorter person.