It's good to be afraid, " I said. "It means you still have something to live for.

When I make a mistake, all I need from you is correction. Some more advice won't hurt. Judge not.

Children contend with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere.

Reach up-to Absence to feel Presence

The most important accomplishment, I believe, was my voting against the First World War.

My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won't say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

It's often necessary to hit a second shot to really appreciate the first one.

Leap and grow your wings on the way down

We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.