Or may-be one who is puzzled at me.As if I were not puzzled at myself!

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

Resist much, obey little.

Peace is always beautiful.

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.

For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers!

If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.

not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo, The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

Our Creator has always known of us and has always loved us.

I'm a big hit at parties. Friends ask me to sing B-I-N-G-O all the time. I'm thinking, you know, of maybe putting out a Christmas album or something.

I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.

Competition was as much as respecting your opponent's work as introspecting on your own.

The task of the historian is to understand the peoples of the past better than they understand themselves.

We've actually bought quite a number of historical pieces. We are doing a piece on the abolitionists, Harper's Ferry and the abolitionist John Brown with Paul Giamatti.

Remember, vote for life. It may be your own.

These days she simply did the best job she could, accepting the good with the bad.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs'.