Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree

Tell you what I like the best - 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts On the vine, - some afternoon Like to jes' git out and rest, And not work at nothin' else!

I love the horse from hoof to head. From head to hoof and tail to mane. I love the horse as I have said - From head to hoof and back again.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

I need to know how you did it it. I did it, said Sweeney, with the air of one confiding a huge secret, witch panache and style. That's how I did it.(Shadow & Mad Sweeney)

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

A soul can create only when alone.

In the name of God! You, demon, born in the dark! I seal you here! Checkmate!

Ripping up carpet is easy, tiling is the issue.

The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date.

I am a black woman poet and I sound like one.

If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.

Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.

It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out a record instead of putting out three records over the same period of time on my own.