What was time itself but the bloom, the sheath enfolding experience? Within time, and with time alone, there was life - the gleam, the quiver, the heartbeat, the immeasurable joy and anguish of being.

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.

Life is never what one dreams. It is seldom what one desires, but for the vital spirit and the eager mind, the future will always hold the search for buried treasure and the possibility of high adventure.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

though pleasure may be purchasable, happiness cannot be bought for a price.

Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long.

I ain't never seen no head so level that it could bear the lettin' in of politics.