He has all the characteristics of a dog - except loyalty.

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

Do right and risk the consequences.

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas

Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages.

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.

Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.

I humble myself before God, and there the list ends.

Texas is the finest portion of the globe that has ever blessed my vision!

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

I wanted to kiss you like the waves kiss the shore under the blue sky.

Marriage to the groom does not means that his heart belongs to the bride.

What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.

In the new world of digital, there are no must-read publications any more.

Today a woman must ignore her reflection in the eyes of her lover, since he might admire her, and seek it in the gaze of the God of Beauty, in whose perception she is never complete.

I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and tradition than in inventing a unique imagery.

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.

I've gone through managers like people go through shredded wheat. Nobody looks after you.

I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.