If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.

One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father.

Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do.

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

The human being is a skin-covered petrie dish.

In great cities where people of ability abound, there is always a feverish urge to keep ahead, to set the pace, to adopt each new fashion in thought and theory as well as in dress - or undress.

It is the certainty that you are about to recover, that brings results, not the hope.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

You might be a redneck if you entire family has ever sat around waiting for a call from the governor to spare a loved one.

There is a much bigger picture we are all striving for. To sweat the small stuff just stresses you out for no reason.

If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do.

I come from a place where there's a lot of musical families.