You have to be there at the right time and you've got to be equipped.

History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victories already won.

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

It is not a persuasive argument that an evil should continue because it has existed in the past.

Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social intelligence.

Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying because of obstacles surmounted.

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.

If only I could fallsound asleep and wake up in my old reality!

When creativity is running rampant, it is imperative that we get carried away by it never knowing what we will create or whom we will inspire!

It was as though applied mathematics was my spouse, and pure mathematics was my secret lover.

Conservative New Testament studies could also provide an intellectually satisfying alternative to German biblical criticism and to the liberal theology that accompanied it

I like the present and tomorrow

At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution.

New England is quite as large a lump of earth as my heart can really take in.

You want people to feel comfortable to walk in their neighborhoods, go out and shop, do business.

Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth.

What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell.