I carry the Sun in a Golden Cup, the Moon in a Silver Bag.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

Today I introduced myself to my very own Heart, In silent agony, after all these years it bled apart.

So many come to the sickroom thinking of themselves as men of science fighting disease and not as healers with a little knowledge helping nature to get a sick man well.

Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.

An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.

Every state need not start with state policing if they can't fund it.

Over-thinking in your brain is anathema to the process of thinking on your feet.

We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.

You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it's all right there in front of you.

She (Daisy) dug her nails into her palms and told herself she had no choice. "I, Theodosia..." She gulped for air. "...take thee Alexander..." She gulped again. "...to be my awful wedded husband.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.