To me, patriotism means dedication to the principles on which the country was founded and a willingness to stand firm and fight for these principles regardless of what the government says or does

Governments neither help us to get out of poverty and hunger, nor let us die. It is time that we must pick one.

If you don't get noticed, you don't have anything. You just have to be noticed, but the art is in getting noticed naturally, without screaming or without tricks.

I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.

The first sparrow of spring! The year beginning with younger hope than ever!

A good city is like a good party - people stay longer than really necessary, because they are enjoying themselves.

I don't mind not being cool; I wear a cardigan.

I have a multivolume history of the world from the 19th century that begins with Noah's flood as though it's as historical a fact as the rise and fall of Rome.

The written word endures, the spoken word disappears

Foes of what's cooking see no worth behind it. Those that are looking for nothing will find it.

Beauty is a mute deception.