Words, too, have genuine substance -- mass and weight and specific gravity.

Live like a tree, giving, forgiving and free.

We obtained literature by our own efforts, it is a product of our own life, and that is why we love it so much and hold it so dear, why we pin our hopes on it.

Due to a big bust in Cuba, my father's business suffered badly, so I was free to choose my own career. I became a professional dancer, and I went on the road and started making real money.

In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.

We love the night and its quiet; and there is no night that we love so well as that on which the moon is coffined in clouds.

The birds can fly, An' why can't I?

In snowbound, voiceless, mountain depths, to herald spring, pine trees sound in tune.

I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.

I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so unless I lose my inspiration or there is too much drool to wipe, I will keep going.

Tip O'Neill, even after Ronald Reagan became president, called him "an amiable dunce," which is what the Democrats always do.