I leave the world and its affairs to the young and energetic, and resign myself to their care, of whom I have endeavored to take care when young.

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.

An individual is no match for history.

The glamorous life is a facade, a frauda farce of frivolous triteThe storybook is blank insideChivalry has died

The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.

Determination gets you a long way.

We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.

Peace depends ultimately not on political arrangements but on the conscience of mankind.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly, I don't desire to look like that.

The eye is the painter and the ear the singer.