Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam.

I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.

Justice for all children is the high ideal in a democracy.

The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.

The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.

Blind passion was one thing, all-knowing intimacy a rarer commodity.

When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers.

I tend to be not a person who does everything right all the time.

The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below.

He talked to himself because there weren't many people as learned as he, and he liked to talk to learned people.

No man should have a political office because he wants a job.

My folks were farm people from Nebraska, so I like home cooking.

My intention was always to direct and writing things just became convenient and happened.

What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.

Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.