There's as much chance of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail.

A nation that cannot preserve itself ought to die, and it will die - die in the grasp of the evils it is too feeble to overthrow

have written my first grateful thanks for a fresh new day in a new year.

To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many.

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.

I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me to use what talents I possessed for my fellow workers, for the poor.

Fashion may renew itself every six months but one thing remains the same: bouncers always wear black.

You can become happy just by deciding to be happy.

My strength is my weakness and weakness is my strength

Legislation is about three fundamental things - affordability, access, and quality. That's what the American people want.

It was the most haunting room I've ever seen. Because you know what's in it? All the left­overs, all the paraphernalia that the different condemned men had had with them in the "holding" cells.