The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be.

I think I'm probably quite geeky in a lot of ways. I'm pretty into books, kind of obsessive about that.

The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia, but you can just call me Billy.

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

I aim to be a competitive nation.

All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.

The problem is that people love music and they love television, but people don't love music on TV.

The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble.

Like most Americans, I feel disgusted when we see people make decisions based on party politics rather than a solution that is best for the country.