Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

The scary thing is when I did my set in Texas everyone was excited. The show was great. I was done and the next DJ put something on vinyl and the difference! The quality!!

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.