Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell.

No Vermont town ever let anybody in it starve.

The actions of a human being, even of fifteen months of age, may not be without significance to a sympathetic eye.

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.

What a fearfully distracting, perplexing and heart-searching business it is to live.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

Libraries are the vessels in which the seed corn for the future is stored.

Vermont is the only place in America where I ever hear thrift spoken of with respect.

What's the use of inventing a better system as long as there just aren't enough folks with sense to go around?

And what's above all... above us... Who is God!?- Who are the aliens... who are the people which ignore us!?

To show that you truly care, you listen.

A great many persons are able to become Members of this House without losing their insignificance.

The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.

A tough guy told me, "I'll bet you $10 you're dead." I was afraid to bet him.

It's always challenging to go into a role.

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.

Fascism: awful stench of saw and axe.

I'm a proud Republican - there's no issue with that at all, so why can't I be a proud Republican and just try to solve problems?

The advice I would give would be to know that it's ok and natural to be nervous. The key is to rehearse, always be yourself and don't be afraid to not be perfect as we all make mistakes.