American Quotes

This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.

The advance guard in the campaign for peace that America wages today must be the State Department.

In the light of the actual fighting that is now in progress, we have reached the point where the military considerations clearly outweigh the fiscal considerations.

Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense.

We are all victims because of the circumstances, but I'm not sure what to say to any one who has lost a loved one. I know the feeling myself, and words just don't do much to ease the pain.

I just wish that every responsible and concerned person would step back regardless of race and gender and just take a closer look at what's really going on in the world today, and say enough is enough!

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.

Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

The win is more important than how you do it.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?

It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days.

I would like to somehow make the community I live in a better place to live.

I think that New York is the city of all cities. There is so much diversity there. I also like that when I go there, I can catch a play or musical and see some of the most talented people practicing their craft.

I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted.

I know I can catch the football. That's the least of my worries.

I just felt all along that if I could get a certain amount of years in the league, have great years and still have my health when I walked away, that would be great.

I have no desire to coach basketball.

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.

Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have.