We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

To conquer fear is the best way to gain your self-confidence.

He who suffers wins in politics. The martyr does not obtain the victory personally, but his group, his successors, win in the long run.

Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.

Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.

Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.

I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making music.

When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.

You may talk about Sweden, you may talk about Rome, but Rockville Center's Floyd Patterson's home. A lot of people said that Floyd couldn't fight, but you should have seen him on the comeback night.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.