Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.

I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now the lynchings are the police and it's just an outrage.

I feel as if I'm in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.

I've never liked the idea of just having an office in a college somewhere and teaching classes and going to the library and doing research all day. I've never wanted that. The glamorous life is the life that appeals to me.

Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.