"And anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what I want it to do."

“The first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late.”

Source : J.L. Carr (2012). “A Month in the Country”, p.121, New York Review of Books

“In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?”

“If it requires a uniform, it's a worthless endeavor.”

“Rednecks' always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to play it. It's just that the language is so rough.”

“I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.”

Source : "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

“Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.”

“But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House.”

“If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of Almighty God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.”