Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifteenth century seafarer, Armstrong knew where he landed. He also spent his time in public service, not in jail, and his passing was marked by world-wide encomiums. He ended his days as a celebrated explorer rather than a royal inconvenience.
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people.
In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
Standing out as a writer today requires more than a bright idea and limpid prose. Authors need to become businesspeople as well.
And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you're healthier than if you don't. In fact, there's no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier.
Sometimes you can do things with Spanish - like verbs and genders - easier than you can in English.
An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in.
I have gotten more than I asked for. All that I ever wanted was to hear my voice on record and have a song among the Top 20.
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.
As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.
I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.
You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.
I feel that I learned far more from my students than I could possibly have taught them.
Love has an enormous number of connotations, and if somebody is a person who does kind acts as a way of life, if they are generally disposed to being caring and loving and doing things for other people, then kindness is a much stronger word than we make it out to be.
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.
It's the first time I've ever done anything like that. It took longer than I expected. I've gotten a lot of E-mail since I got back, saying they thought I did a good job and presented the case well.
And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it.
The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They are better than most of the stories they are in.
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.
While you're going through this process of trying to find the satisfaction in your work, pretend you feel satisfied. Tell yourself you had a good day. Walk through the corridors with a smile rather than a scowl. Your positive energy will radiate. If you act like you're having fun, you'll find you are having fun.
KISS has always been outside of the borders of what other bands can do. Not that some of these other bands wouldn't want to do it - the fact that they may snicker or look down their noses at what we do is more out of jealously than anything else.
I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.
Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.
Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.
I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all.
Your destination might not end up being exactly what you envisioned to start with, but if you stick it out and work through the challenges, what you end up with will be far better than you could have ever imagined.
Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do.
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
The Scottish Labour Party and its renewal are more important than me.
All my time in rehab has made me appreciate tennis more than ever.
