I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

You can all go to hell. I’m going to Texas.

My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you're right, then go ahead.

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.

If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed such as grows nowhere else on the face of the universal earth.

When you are close to divine and get guidance from the divine, life becomes easy. Intuition is where peace, magic and glory are.

I was in London. It's a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarette or a drink. It's a waste of time.

We choose to forget aspects of ourselves and then we forget that we've forgotten.

Peter Martin’s artistry is nothing short of extraordinary. To sing with him is sublime – to listen to him play is a transcendent experience.

The thing to be wished for, is not that the mountains should become easier, but that men should become wiser and stronger.

You can't blame someone for not knowing what his or her job should be if you don't ask for it right off the bat.

Don't ever say anything negative about yourself.

The white press itself created civil right leaders.

I want to be a big model. I know I still have a lot to learn, but I believe that will be one day I do it perfectly!

Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?