"Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised."

“The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureat.”

“Those mad at me, writing emails angrily, Im not anti-America, America is anti-me.”

Source : Song: Obama Nation

“Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.”

Source : Francis Thackeray, William Pitt (1827). “A history of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: containing his speeches in Parliament : a considerable portion of his correspondence, when Secretary of State, upon French, Spanish, and American affairs, never before published with an account of the principal events and persons of his time, connected with his life, sentiments and administrations ; (Mit dem Bildnisse Pitts)”, p.285

“You cannot have strong leadership without passion.”

“If you're playing live, I like to think of the ensemble, whether it's the duet or a forty piece orchestra, as one person. And the entire audience, whether it's twelve people or twelve thousand at Madison Square Garden, is the other person. The two of you are going to dance together tonight.”

“She is my first, great love. She was a wonderful, rare woman - you do not know; as strong, and steadfast, and generous as the sun. She could be as swift as a white whiplash, and as kind and gentle as warm rain, and as steadfast as the irreducible earth beneath us.”

“I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.'”

“When I look down at my pale, skinny body, I wonder why any woman would want to sleep next to it, let alone embrace it.”