The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

The fortress inspired a tremendous confidence. It was the only propeller driven aircraft I have flown that was completely viceless; there were no undesirable flight characteristics. The directional stability was excellent and, properly trimmed, the B-17 could be taken off, landed and banked without change of trim.

Nothing great or enduring, especially in music, has ever sprung full-fledged and unprecedented from the brain of any master; the best he gives to the world he gathers from the hearts of the people, and runs it through the alembic of his genius.

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

...one of the best things about running is that no matter how fast you've run in the past, running fast in the future does not come easily or with any guarantees.