This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.

Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.

Life is frustrating enough. Your hobby isn't supposed to put you over the edge.

Perfect young men don't get murdered, they don't even get born.

But I find that the keyboard is the complete instrument you know?

I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.