"Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives."

"One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly."

"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."

"I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you."

"Strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine."

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest."