"I don't see race. I don't see color."

“Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down It's hard times in the city Livin' down in New York town”

“A small garden, accordingly, gives its owner a far greater opportunity to express himself ... in a garden any man may be an artist, may experiment with all the subtleties or simplicities of line, mass, color, and composition, and taste the god-like joys of the creator.”

“In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.”

“I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level.”

“Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.”

“Sing then the core of dark and absolute oblivion where the soul at last is lost in utter peace.”

“The thing about youthful offenders is that no one seems to care about them. Most people don't like adolescents - even the good ones can be snarky and unpleasant. Combine the antipathy we feel toward the average teenager with the fear inspired by youth violence, and you have a population that no one wants to deal with.”

“...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.”