"A turkey never voted for an early Christmas."

"Good luck beats early rising."

"True strength lies in gentleness."

"You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was."

"Praise youth and it will prosper."

"A lie travels farther than the truth."

"Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect."

"What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: 'Why is it so dark in here?'"

"Doroga k Zvjozdam Otkrita. (The way to the stars is open.)"

"Normally, children learn to gauge rather accurately from the tone of their parent's voice how seriously to take his threats. Of course, they sometimes misjudge and pay the penalty."

"A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny."

"I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make despair pause. For in truth we who are creatures of impulse are creatures of despair."