The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.

I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf.

If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.

Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and taking one's temperature.

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die.

The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits—not animals…. There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.