"No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing."

"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."

"A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way."

"Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!"

"When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention."

"Let us forever forget that every station in life is necessarily that each deserves our respect; that not the station itself; but the worthy fulfillment of its duties does honor the man."

"The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains."

"We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong."

"I cannot give the formula for success, but I can give you the formula of failure - which is try to please everybody."

"Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground."

"Ask, and it shall be given you; Seek, and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you."

"Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."