The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success.

John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.

John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess.

Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt

Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink.

John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote.

I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironic formality of signing his own commission as Secretary of State.

He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself.

If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.

In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay

Because we have only one (life) we go about blundering along him nervous haste.

When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows.

Let us be grateful and express gratitude for all those beauties and magic of our life.

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.

I think you've got something there, but I'll wait outside until you clean it up.

I take a much more pragmatic view than many people on the Left about working with Neil Kinnock. Kinnock represents the best vehicle possible for achieving socialism now.

I do not want you to hear that I LOVE you, but I want you to feel it without me having to say.

I've said that "2012" was my favorite ensemble cast, because it was so evenly good.

I can give you the tools to reach the dreams you have inside.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.