When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply 'Ours.'
The artist has a special task and duty; the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
How to make God laugh. Tell him your future plans.
In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
A tablecloth restaurant is still one of the great rewards of civilization.
He has the gift of quiet.
He who would make serious use of his life must always act as though he had a long time to live and schedule his time as though he were about to die.
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
Chicago was started by a bunch of New Yorkers who said "Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough."
Everybody should believe in something; I believe I'll have another drink.
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound.
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
Hope is not a dream, but a way of making dreams become reality.
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
In danger there is great power.
Choosing a goal and sticking to it changes everything.