Millions upon millions of years ago, when the continents were already formed and the principal features of the earth had been decided, there existed, then as now, one aspect of the world that dwarfed all other ... a mighty ocean, resting uneasily to the east of the largest continent, a restless ever-changing, gigantic body of water that would later be described as Pacific.

You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.

A poet sees things in two ways: First, as a child who never saw it before, and Second, as a dying man who will never see it again.

We are never prepared for what we expect.

Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis.

Never forget, son, when you represent Texas, always go first class.

Creative geniuses are a slap-happy lot. Treat Them with respect.