Revolutionary in my ideas, liberal in my objectives and conservative in my methods.

I hope I will live to see a final meeting of the minds between Puerto Rico and statehood. But if I don’t live that long, I am certain it will happen.

My theory was that a city without a newspaper is a city without a soul.

Industry is not a collection of machines and tools and buildings. It is a social entity that has the responsibility of realizing the happiness of those who work in it.

I knew then that I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing God cared. There might be a God, Clary, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way we're on our own.

I paint the stuff I see when my eyes are closed

I felt sorry for myself since my wimpy dom can’t catch a snail crossing the sidewalk.

Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

Get a in clothes dryer with Magic Johnson and some razorblades.

Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.

There's weight on me to raise the bar, to carry on that legacy. But that's what drives me. Making sure that no one ever forgets who the Wallendas are.