Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.

It appears to me that strong sense and acute sensibility together constitute genius.

The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!

We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.

A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.

Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago!

A laughing fool ... seems born for nothing but to show his teeth.

It made and preserves us a nation.

Law has been called a bottomless pit, not so much because of its depth, as that its windings are so obscure nobody can see the end.

. . . dreams are your heart's playground.

I want fame now, not after I'm dead.

The biggest factor between winning and losing is the mental approach.

In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right.

Companies that only focus on expense reduction are all but dead as they will find themselves sooner or later unable to reduce anymore.

I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974.

I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper.

When I started in the business, I was told I had three good years in me.

I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done

One of the great things about doing animated movies is that you don't have to dress up or put on make-up.