It's that enthusiasm, that passion for what you're doing, that is most important.

You never heard anybody ask 'Elvis who?'

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

I started out thinking of America as highways and state lines. As I got to know it better, I began to think of it as rivers.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.