"Dona€?t you a€?black or whitea€? me."

"Nature's Laws are the invisible government of the earth."

"Boys don't make passes at female smartasses."

"If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing."

"Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song."

"Lady Astor: Mr. Churchill, You're drunk! Winston Churchill: Yes, and you Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober."

"One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger."

"If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being."

"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg."

"You have to expect things of yourself before you do them."

"Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell."

"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can."