The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

Life calls the tune, we dance.

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.

If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

Beginnings are always messy.

Without a vivid picture of what you want, how can you reach it?

Time shall unfold what pleated cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.

One's first responsible job is the great revealer - far more than school.

Is there world enough for me?

I missed my teenage years. I was never a teenager.

I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite of a cynic.

Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.

Giving great service requires the right people and the right service tools.

Do not look back upon what has been done. Go Ahead.

I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine.