The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?

For all of my life, I am digging deep in my heart to find the liquid gold of love to share.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life.

What we focus on we become. If you are just focusing on unhappy things, you will become unhappy. If you focus on happy states of mind, then it will grow in you.

Be transparent about company values and adhere to them as your company grows.

You have to do it by yourself. You can not do it alone.

If you're not moving forward, you're falling back.

Women play with their beauty as children do with their knives. They wound themselves with it.

Beauty was not everything. Beauty had this penalty — it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life — froze it.