I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans

The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all.

You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.

Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security.

That's what all we are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.