"I began to understand that all Texas is an eternal synthesis of past and present, superimposed one upon the other. It produces a feeling of being in two places at once."

“The statists want to control the economy.”

“I think there's just so many people in the world that don't feel understood, and when you hear a song and you go, 'Oh, that song understands me,' that's an amazing feeling. I get it when I listen to the radio... That's a beautiful part of music.”

“I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I've got to treat myself like an athlete.”

“The personal deportment of Captain Perry, throughout the day, was worthy of all praise. He did not quit his own vessel when she became useless, to retire from the battle, but to gain it; an end that was fully obtained, and an effort which resulted in triumph.”

Source : "History of the Navy of the United States of America". Book by James Fenimore Cooper, 1856.

“Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.”

“Love makes requests, not demands.”

“Small pitchers have wyde eares.”

“For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is the most infamous and harmful of all.”