My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

I’m glad I went to prison, " Grant rasped in Sophie’s ear, so quietly only she could hear. "Because then I found you.

I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so.

Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.

Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.

We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.

As my films are born at the moment when they are reflected into another person's mind and memories, there are no misconceptions. I totally accept that different people have seen a different film.

Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him again does not frighten me death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way.