It's the American way: if you don't vote, you don't get to whine.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

Yea... It's impossible to lead with true virtues if you surround yourself with praise singers... people who do not cheer you up, instead of cheering up your dreams!

He said little about his dream but he nourished it in his heart as the best place for a dream to grow.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

The problem with Indians is that we have lost the habit of thinking big!

There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.

I realized that I'm a child." William looked point-blank at her chest. "No.

In some ways, I am actually quite optimistic - I believe in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness.

Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only.