"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."

"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."

"Poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by singularity; it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance."

"I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in."