"Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy."

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it."

"Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare"

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

"Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly."

"In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'"

"Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully."

"Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education."

"After thirty nine years this is all I've done."

"I am not a role model."