“Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”

That you can gather votes like box tops

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled

I hold the unconquerable belief that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war

And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say

Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol.

That if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

The dwelling place of the free mind.

I don’t want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

We have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

It is upon us whether we will it or not.

It’s very gratifying when that’s what you’re going for, and you can hear the reactions in all the places that you intended.

I’m able to express myself and not get made fun of for it.

But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, they’ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English.

Sometimes my day is crammed full of people and talk and yet I have the feeling of living in utter peace and quiet. And the tree outside my window, in the evenings, is a greater experience than all those people put together.

We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.

What cannot be said will be wept.

It is when you are asking about something that you realize you yourself have survived it, and so you must carry it, or fashion it into a thing that carries itself.