If the expedition had failed, which it might well have done with all hope centered in just one plane, I should still be trying to pay back my obligations.

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter.

Progress grows out of motion.

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.

Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.

A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold.

There are no ordinary moments.

Levi was smiling. He kicked her chair again.

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

I think love is blind. I hate to use that cliched statement, but people, when they love somebody, they seem to be able to somehow to put aside red flags.

No longer can a young woman feel at ease; for she is ever concerned with the impression that she may be making on others.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.

Darren Criss in particular enjoys his spanking. In case you were curious.

My first album came out in 1979.