I remember things the way they should have been.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

The better the school library, the higher the reading scores.

We Are All Capable of Great Things

In his mind, that's what made a man a man, that he protected those he cared about. Those he loved.

The NHL is the best in the world, it has the best players. I love the NHL.

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.

Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.

I don't watch the news. I get really emotional about it, and I carry that stuff with me for a long time.

Learning to never quit and keep going is the biggest thing. I don't think it was ever an epiphany, I think that's just the most important thing that has worked for me: to keep going and keep trying.

Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.

Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect and you kill his spirit.