Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Knowing my soul is my lifetime-study.

I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!

He who has dreamed for long resembles his dream.

As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

It's exciting for me to see [Laura Bush] busy and out there enjoying what she's doing. But we always make time to be with each other as well.

Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.

But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

The point of vision and desire are the same.