Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

One of George H. W. Bush's early teachers at Andover wrote, "At the moment he is intellectually immature for his powers of reasoning are not entirely developed.

I can only hope and pray for God to supply my every need!

Excellent people are those, who choose to separate themselves from mediocrity.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

Grief—in all of its agony—burrowed deep into her essence, its serrated edges killing her piece by piece.

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy.

It is the artistic mission to penetrate as far as may be toward that secret ground where primal law feeds growth.

In the marathon anything can happen.

You are unfortunately most of the time defined by your success, when your success is not a major part of your personality.