In Venice, Tass's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear.

I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.

Our knowledge and our ability to handle our problems progress through the open conflict of ideas, through the tests of phenomenological adequacy, inner consistency, and practical-moral consequences. Reason may err, but it can be moral. If we must err, let it be on the side of our creativity, our freedom, our betterment.

A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.

Simple is better.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting. -E. Rutherford.

Unkindness may do much; And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.

There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living. The other should teach us how to live.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

I want to go berry picking on the hogback, God. Keep me on a short leash.

This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.

good, bad or indifferent.

Our arms are the only ones God has to hug His children.

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Many hands make light work.

Our country is the world--our countrymen are all mankind.