Nobody knows anything when they are in their midtwenties.

Why didn't my father get to give Mom the fairy tale? Why do most people fail to give each other the fairy tale?

Mom could make small things seem miraculous. That was her talent.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

People want to start their day off with a smile or, better yet, a guffaw.

Having a tax code that rewards companies that are shipping jobs overseas instead of companies that are investing here in the United States, that will not make us more competitive.

I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.

I like to YouTube a lot, and try and find unknown singers.

Tis I whom children love the best; / My wealth is all for them; / For them is set each glossy cup / Upon each sturdy stem.

Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Can't tell if I've got rivers or veins running under my skin, flowing out over the plains.

I gotta feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 per cent and that it's game-changing. I don't just throw out microwave records.

Hardened terrorists are coming here to hit us hard if we don't hit them first.