"Chemistry does not guarantee compatibility."

“And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.”

“If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will learn by hard experience how to correct his mistakes.”

“Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.”

“Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving.”

“The secret to living long is to have something to live for.”

“Jamestown colony, when it was first founded as a socialist venture, dang near failed with everybody dead and dying in the snow,”

“Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors Gives us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah! I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph So momma, don't take my Kodachrome away...”

“I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.”