The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend / As a man and a woman that plight / Their troth in the warm spring night.

I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.

I am sick of four walls and a ceiling I have need of the sky, I have business with the grass.

Spring in the world! And all things are made new!

Ye who made war that your ships Should lay to at the beck of no nation, Make war now on Murder, that slips The leash of her hounds of damnation; Ye who remembered the Alamo, Remember the Maine!

Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we lay, and violets o'er each unforgotten head.

For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.

And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.

I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.

Who would not rather flounder in the fight than not have known the glory of the fray?

Nor love they least Who strike with right good will To vanquish ill And fight God's battle upward from the beast.

People’s love for us may change, depending on what we do or don’t do to please them. But God’s does not—it’s everlasting.

You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.

A teacher told my mother that I would never become successful, which illustrates the difficulty of long-run forecasting on inadequate data.

It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.

A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice.

As we love truly and deeply, we see the white light of truth in them. Seeing this reminds us that the same light exists within us too - As the Tibetans say: "Recognition is liberation."

Every startup should address a real and demonstrated need in the world. If you build a solution to a problem lots of people have, it's so easy to sell your product to the world.

... the agent provocateur of a good dinner.

Los Angeles, Houston, Denver, Atlanta: those are all cities that really didn't get big, didn't hit their stride until the 20th century.

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.