The problem of abolishing want is not a problem in division, as the politicians so often aver; it is a problem of multiplication.

Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.

Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.

Secrets are truths that show what we’ve been through—what we’ve survived.

It’s about running wild in a field of exclamation points chasing question marks

I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me.

We're very aware that you cannot please everybody and that there's going to be backlash. There will always be backlash.

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

The supreme nobility of a Roman emperor does not consist in being a master of slaves, but in being a lord of free men, who loves freedom even in those who serve him.

What I do see is the right from the beginning that [Donald] Trump had an interest and was very persuasive in terms of talking about the veterans and needing to make changes there.

I do conventions sometimes every other weekend. Whenever I have time, and it's not too far away. I get a lot of invitations (to appear at conventions) in other countries and I have to turn them down.

My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never let that stop me.