The only significance of analyzing the past is that it does give us some key to the future.

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.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth.

There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.

May we now all rise and sing the eternal school hymn: "Attack. Attack. Attack Attack Attack!"

I do not go outdoors. Not more than I have to. As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

Silence makes me feel vulnerable.

Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him.

There is no element of genius without some form of madness.

Ambition is your inner voice that tells you, you can, and should, strive to go beyond your circumstances or situation in life.

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.