I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, its a painful, difficult search within. – Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players. – Mike Piazza
A statesman of the school of sound common sense, and a philanthropist of the most practical type, a patriot without a superior – his monument is a country preserved. – C.S. Harrington
