Hope is an echo, hope ties itself yonder, yonder.

Now I am here - now read me - give me a name.

You know being born is important to you. You know nothing else was ever so important to you.

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.